Daily Bread

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’^(A) and ‘Lord,’^(B) 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.^{(C) 15} I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.^{(D) 16} Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master,^(E) 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.^(F)

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

¹⁸ “I am not referring to all of you;^(G) I know those I have chosen.^(H) But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture:^(I) ‘He who shared my bread^(J) has turned^[a](K) against me.’^[b](L)

¹⁹ “I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe^(M) that I am who I am.^{(N) 20} Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”^(O)

²¹ After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit^(P) and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”^(Q)

²² His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. ²³ One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved,^(R) was reclining next to him. ²⁴ Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.”

²⁵ Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?”^(S)

²⁶ Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas,^(T) the son of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷ As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.^(U)

So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.” ²⁸ But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. ²⁹ Since Judas had charge of the money,^(V) some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival,^(W) or to give something to the poor.^{(X) 30} As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.^(Y)