After Jesus had washed their feet and put on his outer clothes, he took his place at the table again. Then he asked his disciples, “Do you understand what I’ve done for you?
The people asked me, “Tell us, what do these things that you are doing mean to us?”
Ezekiel is a sign to you. You will do everything he has done. Then you will know that I am the Almighty Lord.” ’
“Have you understood all of this?” “Yes,” they answered.
Jesus asked them, “Don’t you understand this story? How, then, will you understand any of the stories I use as illustrations?
Who’s the greatest, the person who sits at the table or the servant? Isn’t it really the person who sits at the table? But I’m among you as a servant.
So he got up from the table, removed his outer clothes, took a towel, and tied it around his waist.
Jesus answered Peter, “You don’t know now what I’m doing. You will understand later.”