John 13:15

For I gave you an example, that just as I did to you, you also should do.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14Therefore if I, your Lord and your Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

16Most assuredly I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor a messenger greater than he who sent him.

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Cross References

Romans 15:5Now may the God of patience and encouragement grant you to be like-minded among one another, according to Christ Jesus,

1 Peter 2:21For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving behind an example for you, that you should follow in His footsteps, 1

1 John 2:6He who claims to abide in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. 1 The New Commandment

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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