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He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself.[a]

Then he came to Simon Peter. Peter[b] said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash[c] my feet?” Jesus replied,[d] “You do not understand[e] what I am doing now, but you will understand[f] after these things.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 13:5 tn Grk “with the towel with which he was girded.”
  2. John 13:6 tn Grk “He”; the referent (Peter) is specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. John 13:6 tn Grk “do you wash” or “are you washing.”
  4. John 13:7 tn Grk “answered and said to him.”
  5. John 13:7 tn Grk “You do not know.”
  6. John 13:7 tn Grk “you will know.”