John 13:8
Peter answered, "No, never shall you wash my feet." "If I do not wash you," said Jesus, "you have no part in me."
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
7Jesus answered him, "What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will understand it later."
9"Lord," said Simon Peter, "not my feet only, but also my hands and my head."
Cross References
Matthew 16:22Then Peter took him aside and began to reprove him, saying. "God forbid, Master! That shall never befall you."
Matthew 26:33"If they all stumble and fall away from you," answered Peter, "I will never do so!"
John 3:5"I tell you solemnly," Jesus answered, "that unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Acts 22:16"‘And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling upon 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 →