81 Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet [John 13:1–30]
The Bible passage: [John 13:1–30]
The Story:
While they were gathered for the last supper, Jesus got up from supper, laid His robe to the side, took a towel, and tied it around Himself. Next, He poured water into a basin and began to wash His disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel tied around Him.
When He came to Simon Peter, he asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”
Jesus answered him, “You don’t understand what I’m doing right now, but later you will understand.”
“You will never wash my feet - ever!” Peter said.
Jesus replied, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with Me.”
Simon Peter said to Him, “Lord, don’t just wash my feet, but my hands and my head, too.”
Jesus told him, “One who has bathed doesn’t need to wash anything but his feet, because he is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.”
He said not all of them were clean because He knew who would betray Him.
When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His robe back on, He reclined again and said to them, “Do you know what I have done for you? You call Me Teacher and Lord. This is well said, for I am. If I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash each other’s feet. I have given you an example of what you should do.
“I assure you: A servant is not greater than his master, and a messenger is not greater than the one who sent him. If you know this, you are blessed if you do it. I’m not talking about all of you. The Scripture must be fulfilled: The one who eats My bread has raised his heel against Me.
“I am telling you before it happens, so when it does happen you will believe that I am the Messiah.
“The one who receives My messenger receives Me, and the one who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”
The Lessons:
- Jesus’ example to us it to serve, not to be served.
- Jesus’ example is that we don’t just serve those who like us. He washed the feet of Judas, who was going to betray him.
- Jesus left us with a visible way to remember God’s loving plan. Jesus served others, because He loved them!
- The scripture that Jesus referred to as being fulfilled is [Psalm 41:9].
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