If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 13:14 in context
John 13:11–17
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For he knew him who would betray him; therefore he said, “You are not all clean.”
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So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?
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You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am.
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If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
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For I have given you an example, that you should also do as I have done to you.
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Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither is one who is sent greater than he who sent him.
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If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
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