1. It was before Passover, and Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and to return to the Father. He had always loved his followers in this world, and he loved them to the very end.
2. Even before the evening meal started, the devil had made Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, decide to betray Jesus.
3. Jesus knew that he had come from God and would go back to God. He also knew that the Father had given him complete power.
4. So during the meal Jesus got up, removed his outer garment, and wrapped a towel around his waist.
5. He put some water into a large bowl. Then he began washing his disciples' feet and drying them with the towel he was wearing.
6. But when he came to Simon Peter, that disciple asked, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
7. Jesus answered, “You don't really know what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
8. “You will never wash my feet!” Peter replied.“If I don't wash you,” Jesus told him, “you don't really belong to me.”