John 13:15

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

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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 I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

16Truly, truly, I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.

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Cross References

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

1 Peter 2:21For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

1 John 2:6he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like 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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