John 13:8
"Never, while the world lasts," said Peter, "shall you wash my feet." "If I do not wash you," replied Jesus, "you have no share with me."
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
7"What I am doing," answered Jesus, "for the present you do not know, but afterwards you shall know."
9"Master," said Peter, "wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head."
Cross References
Matthew 16:22Then Peter took Him aside and began taking Him to task. "Master," he said, "God forbid; this will not be your lot."
Matthew 26:33"All may stumble and fail," said Peter, "but I never will."
John 3:5"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.
Acts 22:16And now why delay? Rise, get yourself baptized, and wash off 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 →