John 13:1

New International Reader's Version

It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world. It was time for him to go to the Father. Jesus loved his disciples who were in the world. So he now loved them to the very end.

Cross References

Proverbs 8:31

His whole world filled me with joy. I took delight in all human beings.

Jeremiah 31:3

The Lord appeared to us in the past. He said, “I have loved you with a love that lasts forever. I have kept on loving you with a kindness that never fails.

Matthew 26:45

Then he returned to the disciples. He said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look! The hour has come. The Son of Man is about to be handed over to sinners.

Matthew 28:20

Teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And you can be sure that I am always with you, to the very end.”

Luke 22:53

Every day I was with you in the temple courtyard. And you didn’t lay a hand on me. But this is your hour. This is when darkness rules.”

Luke 9:51

The time grew near for Jesus to be taken up to heaven. So he made up his mind to go to Jerusalem.

John 11:55

It was almost time for the Jewish Passover Feast. Many people went up from the country to Jerusalem. They went there for the special washing that would make them pure before the Passover Feast.

John 12:23

Jesus replied, “The time has come for the Son of Man to receive glory.

John 13:29

Judas was in charge of the money. So some of the disciples thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the feast. Others thought Jesus was talking about giving something to poor people.

John 13:3

Jesus knew that the Father had put everything under his power. He also knew he had come from God and was returning to God.

John 13:34

“I give you a new command. Love one another. You must love one another, just as I have loved you.

John 14:28

“You heard me say, ‘I am going away. And I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad I am going to the Father. The Father is greater than I am.

John 14:31

But he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father. They must also learn that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me to do. “Come now. Let us leave.

John 16:28

I came from the Father and entered the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

John 17:1

After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed. He said, “Father, the time has come. Bring glory to your Son. Then your Son will bring glory to you.

John 17:16

They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to it.

John 17:26

I have shown you to them. And I will continue to show you to them. Then the love you have for me will be in them. I myself will be in them.”

John 17:5

So now, Father, give glory to me in heaven where your throne is. Give me the glory I had with you before the world began.

John 18:4

Jesus knew everything that was going to happen to him. So he went out and asked them, “Who do you want?”

John 19:28

Later, Jesus knew that everything had now been finished. He also knew that what Scripture said must come true. So he said, “I am thirsty.”

John 2:13

It was almost time for the Jewish Passover Feast. So Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 6:4

The Jewish Passover Feast was near.

John 7:30

When he said this, they tried to arrest him. But no one laid a hand on him. The time for him to show who he really was had not yet come.

John 7:6

So Jesus told them, “The time for me to show who I really am is not here yet. For you, any time would be the right time.

John 8:20

He spoke these words while he was teaching in the temple courtyard. He was near the place where the offerings were put. But no one arrested him. That’s because the time for him to die had not yet come.

Romans 8:37

No! In all these things we are more than winners! We owe it all to Christ, who has loved us.

1 Corinthians 1:8

God will also keep you strong in faith to the very end. Then you will be without blame on the day our Lord Jesus Christ returns.

Hebrews 3:14

We belong to Christ if we hold tightly to the faith we had at first. But we must hold it tightly until the end.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful as the Son over the house of God. And we are his house if we hold tightly to what we are certain about. We must also hold tightly to the hope we boast in.

Hebrews 6:11

We want each of you to be faithful to the very end. If you are, then what you hope for will fully happen.

1 Peter 1:13

So be watchful, and control yourselves completely. In this way, put your hope in the grace that lies ahead. This grace will be brought to you when Jesus Christ returns.

1 John 4:19

We love because he loved us first.

Revelation 1:5

May grace and peace come to you from Jesus Christ. He is the faithful witness, so what he has shown can be trusted. He was the first to rise from the dead. He rules over the kings of the earth. Glory and power belong to Jesus Christ who loves us! He has set us free from our sins by pouring out his blood for us.