1 Antes da festa da páscoa, sabendo Jesus que era chegada a sua hora de passar deste mundo ao Pai, tendo amado os seus que estavam no mundo, amou-os até o fim.

2 Durante a ceia, como o Diabo havia já posto no coração de Judas Iscariotes, filho de Simão, que traísse a Jesus,

3 sabendo este que o Pai tudo pusera nas suas mãos, e que saíra de Deus e ia para Deus,

4 levantou-se da mesa, tirou as suas vestes e, tomando uma toalha, cingiu-se;

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

6 Chegando a Simão Pedro, perguntou-lhe este: Senhor, tu a mim me lavas os pés?

7 Respondeu-lhe Jesus: O que eu faço, tu não o sabes agora, mas entendê-lo-ás mais tarde.

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

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

10 Declarou-lhe Jesus: Aquele que já se banhou, não tem necessidade de lavar senão os pés, porém está todo limpo; e vós estais limpos, mas não todos.

11 Pois ele conhecia aquele que o havia de trair; por isso disse: Não estais todos limpos.

12 Depois de lhes ter lavado os pés, tomou as suas vestes e, pondo-se de novo à mesa, perguntou-lhes: Compreendeis o que vos tenho feito?

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

14 Se eu, pois, sendo Senhor e Mestre, vos lavei os pés, também vós deveis lavar os pés uns aos outros;

15 porque vos dei exemplo, a fim de que, como eu fiz, assim façais vós também.

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

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

1 Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.

2 So while a meal was going on, the Evil One having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to be false to him,

3 Jesus, being conscious that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he came from God and was going to God,

4 Got up from table, put off his robe and took a cloth and put it round him.

5 Then he put water into a basin and was washing the feet of the disciples and drying them with the cloth which was round him.

6 So he came to Simon Peter. Peter said, Lord, are my feet to be washed by you?

7 And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come.

8 Peter said, I will never let my feet be washed by you, never. Jesus said in answer, If I do not make you clean you have no part with me.

9 Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but my hands and my head.

10 Jesus said to him, He who is bathed has need only to have his feet washed and then he is clean all over: and you, my disciples, are clean, but not all of you.

11 (He had knowledge who was false to him; that is why he said, You are not all clean.)

12 Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe again, he took his seat and said to them, Do you see what I have done to you?

13 You give me the name of Master and Lord: and you are right; that is what I am.

14 If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean.

15 I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.

16 Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him.

17 If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.