John 13:15

for I have given you an example that, as I have done to you, ye should do also.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

In Context

14If I therefore, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet;

16Verily, verily, I say to you, The bondman is not greater than his lord, nor the sent greater than he who has sent him.

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Cross References

Romans 15:5Now the God of endurance and of encouragement give to you to be like-minded one toward another, according to Christ Jesus;

1 Peter 2:21For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in his steps:

1 John 2:6He that says he abides in him ought, even as *he* walked, himself also [so] to walk.

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 →

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