John 13:15

for I have given you an example, so that you may do just as I have done to you.

Twentieth Century New Testament

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 Master’ and ‘the Teacher’ — have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet;

16In truth I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor yet a messenger than the man who sends him.

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Cross References

Romans 15:5And may God, the giver of this patience and this encouragement, grant you to be united in sympathy in Christ,

1 Peter 2:21For it was to this that you were called! For Christ, too, suffered — on your behalf — and left you an example, that you should follow in his steps.

1 John 2:6He who professes to maintain union with God is himself bound to live as Christ lived.

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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