John 13:8
Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”
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In Context
7Jesus answered him, “You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.”
9Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”
Cross References
Isaiah 4:4when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from within it, by the spirit of justice and by the spirit of burning.
Ezekiel 36:25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
Matthew 16:22Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”
Matthew 26:33But Peter answered him, “Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble.”
John 3:5Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and Spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.
Acts 22:16Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptised, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’
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 →