It’s Passover time in Jerusalem. Jesus and His disciples gather in a rented room to enjoy the Passover meal. But this supper will be unlike any they’d ever had. Let’s watch!
The evening meal was in progress . . . [when Jesus] took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, «Lord, are you going to wash my feet?»
Jesus replied, «You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.»
«No,» said Peter, «you shall never wash my feet.»
Jesus answered, «Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.»
«Then, Lord,» Simon Peter replied, «not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!».. .
When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. «Do you understand what I have done for you?» he asked them. «You call me ‘Teacher’ and `Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.»