John 13:5

Plain English Version

Then he put some water in a bowl, and he started to wash the feet of his followers and dry them with the towel.

Cross References

Genesis 18:4

I will get a work-man to bring water so that you can wash your feet, and then you can rest in the shade of this tree.

Genesis 19:2

He said, “Sirs, come and stay in my house. You can wash your feet and sleep here tonight, then you can go on your way tomorrow morning.” The men said, “No, it’s all right. We will sleep outside in the park.”

Genesis 43:24

and then he took all those men into Joseph’s house. He got water for them to wash their feet, and he got food for their donkeys to eat.

Luke 7:38

Then she went inside and was just behind Jesus, near his feet. She was crying, and her tears fell on his feet. Then she dried his feet with her hair, and she kissed them, then she poured all that special oil on to his feet.

Luke 7:44

Then he turned towards the woman and said, “Simon, look at this woman. When I came into your house, you didn’t give me water to wash my feet, but she washed my feet with her tears, and dried them with her hair.

John 13:10

Jesus said, “After you have a bath, all of your body is clean. You might walk around and get your feet dirty again, so then you just have to wash your feet. Most of you mob are like that, you are clean, but one of you is not clean.”

John 13:6

He got to Peter, and Peter said, “Sir, it’s not right for you to wash my feet.”

John 13:8

Peter said, “No. I can never let you wash my feet.” Jesus said, “If I don’t wash you, you will not be in my family.”

John 19:34

But one of the soldiers poked a spear into Jesus’s side, to make sure that he was dead, and straight away blood and water came out.

Acts 22:16

So now, don’t wait. Stand up, and I will baptise you. Pray to our leader, Jesus, and ask him to wash you properly inside, so God will not punish you for all the bad things you did.’ That’s what Ananias said to me.”

1 Corinthians 6:11

And I know that some of you used to be bad people like that before. You did that sort of bad thing, but now you believe in Jesus Christ and let him be your boss. And God’s spirit came into you and washed you inside, and he made you God’s own special people, so that God says you are all right now.

Ephesians 5:26

He washed us properly clean, not just with water in the baptism ceremony, but with his word too.

1 Timothy 5:10

She has to be the sort of woman that everybody respects because she always did good things for people. She has to be a woman that brought her kids up properly. She has to be a woman that always gave strangers food and a place to sleep. She has to be a woman that did all sorts of things to help God’s people. She has to be a woman that always helped people in trouble and was always ready to do good things.

1 Samuel 25:41

She got down on her knees to show respect, her face close to the ground, and she said, “Yes, I will go. I am happy to work for him and his men, and I will even wash their feet too.”