John 13:8

Simon Cephas said to him: Never shalt thou wash my feet. Jesus said to him: Unless I wash thee, thou hast no part with me.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.

In Context

7Jesus answered, and said to him: What I do, thou understandest not now: but hereafter thou wilt understand.

9Simon Cephas said to him: Then, my Lord, not my feet only shalt thou wash, but also my hands and my head.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:22And Cephas took him, and began to rebuke him; and he said: Far be it from thee, my Lord, that this should be to thee.

Matthew 26:33Cephas replied, and said to him: Though all men should be offended in thee, I will never be offended in thee.

John 3:5Jesus replied, and said to him Verily, verily, I say to thee, That, unless a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

Acts 22:16And now, why delayest thou? Arise, be baptized, and be cleansed from thy sins, while thou invokest 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 →

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