2 Jesus and his disciples were sharing the evening meal. The devil had already provoked Judas, Simon Iscariot’s son, to betray Jesus.
3 Jesus knew the Father had given everything into his hands and that he had come from God and was returning to God.
4 So he got up from the table and took off his robes. Picking up a linen towel, he tied it around his waist.
5 Then he poured water into a washbasin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he was wearing.
6 When Jesus came to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"
7 Jesus replied, "You don’t understand what I’m doing now, but you will understand later."
8 "No!" Peter said. "You will never wash my feet!" Jesus replied, "Unless I wash you, you won’t have a place with me."