Now
before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that
He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were
in the world, He loved them to the end.
And
supper being ended, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas
Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray Him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given
all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, rose
from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. After that, He poured water into a basin and
began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which
He was girded. Then He came to Simon
Peter. And Peter said to Him, “Lord, are You washing my feet?”
Jesus
answered and said to him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but you
will know after this.”
Peter
said to Him, “You shall never wash my feet!”
Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you,
you have no part with Me.”
Simon
Peter said to Him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”
Jesus
said to him, “He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely
clean; and you are clean, but not all of you.” For He knew who would betray Him; therefore He
said, “You are not all clean.”
So
when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said
to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say
well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord
and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you
should do as I have done to you. Most
assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he
who is sent greater than he who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you
do them.
“I do
not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the
Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with Me has lifted up his heel
against Me.’ Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass,
you may believe that I am He. Most assuredly, I say to you, he who receives
whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.”
Betrayal and Denial
Matthew 26:20-35; Mark 14:17-31; Luke 22:21-23, 31-38; John
13:21-38
In the evening He came with the twelve. Now
as they sat and ate, He was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “Most
assuredly, I say to you, one of you who eats with Me will betray Me! But
behold, the hand of My betrayer is with Me on the table!”
Then the disciples looked at one another,
perplexed about whom He spoke. And they were exceedingly sorrowful, and began
to question among themselves, which of them it was who would do this thing. Each
of them began to say to Him, “Lord, is it I?”
Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of
His disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask
who it was of whom He spoke.
Then, leaning back on Jesus’ breast, he said
to Him, “Lord, who is it?”
He answered and said to them, “It is one of
the twelve, he to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I have dipped it—he who
dips with Me in the dish. The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of
Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been
good for that man if he had never been born.”
And having dipped the bread, He gave it to Judas
Iscariot, the son of Simon. Now after the piece of bread, Satan entered him.
Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”
But no one at the table knew for what reason
He said this to him. For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that
Jesus had said to him, “Buy those things we need for the feast,” or that he
should give something to the poor.
Then Judas, who was betraying Him, answered
and said, “Rabbi, is it I?”
He said to him, “You have said it.”
Having received the piece of bread, he then
went out immediately. And it was night.
Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be
made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written:
‘I
will strike the Shepherd, And the sheep of the flock
will be scattered.’
But
after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee.”
And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed,
Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for
you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me,
strengthen your brethren.”
But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go
with You, both to prison and to death.”
Jesus answered him, “Where I am going you
cannot follow Me now, but you shall follow Me afterward.”
Peter said to Him, “Lord, why can I not
follow You now? I will lay down my life for Your sake.”
Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your
life for My sake?”
Peter answered and said to Him, “Even if all
are made to stumble because of You, I will never be made to stumble.”
Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you
that this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”
But he spoke more vehemently, “If I have to
die with You, I will not deny You!”
And they all said likewise.
And He said to them, “When I sent you
without money bag, knapsack, and sandals, did you lack anything?”
So they said, “Nothing.”
Then He said to them, “But now, he who has a
money bag, let him take it, and likewise a knapsack; and he who has no sword,
let him sell his garment and buy one. For I say to you that this which is
written must still be accomplished in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the
transgressors.’ For the things concerning Me have an end.”
So they said, “Lord, look, here are two
swords.”
And He said to them, “It is enough.”
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