1 Ora, antes da festa da páscoa, sabendo Jesus que já era chegada a sua hora de passar deste mundo para o Pai, como havia amado os seus, que estavam no mundo, amou-os até o fim.

2 E, acabada a ceia, tendo já o diabo posto no coração de Judas Iscariotes, filho de Simão, que o traísse,

3 Jesus, sabendo que o Pai tinha depositado nas suas mãos todas as coisas, e que havia saído de Deus e ia para Deus,

4 Levantou-se da ceia, tirou as vestes, e, tomando uma toalha, cingiu-se.

5 Depois deitou água numa bacia, e começou a lavar os pés aos discípulos, e a enxugar-lhos com a toalha com que estava cingido.

6 Aproximou-se, pois, de Simão Pedro, que lhe disse: Senhor, tu lavas-me os pés a mim?

7 Respondeu Jesus, e disse-lhe: O que eu faço não o sabes tu agora, mas tu o saberás depois.

8 Disse-lhe Pedro: Nunca me lavarás os pés. Respondeu-lhe Jesus: Se eu te não lavar, não tens parte comigo.

9 Disse-lhe Simão Pedro: Senhor, não só os meus pés, mas também as mãos e a cabeça.

10 Disse-lhe Jesus: Aquele que está lavado não necessita de lavar senão os pés, pois no mais todo está limpo. Ora vós estais limpos, mas não todos.

11 Porque bem sabia ele quem o havia de trair; por isso disse: Nem todos estais limpos.

12 Depois que lhes lavou os pés, e tomou as suas vestes, e se assentou outra vez à mesa, disse-lhes: Entendeis o que vos tenho feito?

13 Vós me chamais Mestre e Senhor, e dizeis bem, porque eu o sou.

14 Ora, se eu, Senhor e Mestre, vos lavei os pés, vós deveis também lavar os pés uns aos outros.

15 Porque eu vos dei o exemplo, para que, como eu vos fiz, façais vós também.

16 Na verdade, na verdade vos digo que não é o servo maior do que o seu senhor, nem o enviado maior do que aquele que o enviou.

17 Se sabeis estas coisas, bem-aventurados sois se as fizerdes.

1 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.

3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;

4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist.

5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

7 Jesus replied, "You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand."

8 "No," said Peter, "you shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with me."

9 "Then, Lord," Simon Peter replied, "not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!"

10 Jesus answered, "Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you."

11 For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.

12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them.

13 "You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am.

14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet.

15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.

16 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.