John 13:8
Peter said, I will never let my feet be washed by you, never. Jesus said in answer, If I do not make you clean you have no part with me.
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9Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but my hands and my head.
Cross References
Isaiah 4:4When Zion has been washed from her sin by the Lord, and Jerusalem made clean from her blood by a judging and a burning wind.
Ezekiel 36:25And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean.
Matthew 16:22And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about.
Matthew 26:33But Peter made answer and said to him, Though all may be turned away from you, I will never be turned away.
John 3:5Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.
Acts 22:16And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name.
Matthew Henry on John 13:2-18
Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet; Necessity of Obedience. 1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; 3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; 4 He riseth from… Read the whole commentary →