John 13:15

For I have given you an example, that as I have done to you, so you do also.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 then I being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another's feet.

16Amen, amen I say to you: The servant is not greater than his lord; neither is the apostle greater than he that sent him.

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Cross References

Romans 15:5Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of one mind one towards another, according to Jesus Christ:

1 Peter 2:21For unto this are you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example that you should follow his steps.

1 John 2:6He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also to walk, even as he walked.

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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