John 13:1-17, 31b-35:  Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father.  Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.  The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray Jesus.  And during supper Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself.  Then Jesus poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him.  Jesus came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”  Jesus answered, “You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”  Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.”  Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.”  Simon Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!”  Jesus said to Simon Peter, “One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean.  And you are clean, though not all of you.”  For Jesus knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

After Jesus had washed the disciples’ feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, Jesus said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?  You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am.  So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.  For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.  Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them.  If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.  

“Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.  If God has been glorified in the Son, God will also glorify the Son in God’s self and will glorify the Son at once.  Little children, I am with you only a little longer.  You will look for me; and as I said to the Temple authorities so now I say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’  I give you a new commandment, that you love one another.  Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.  By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”