John 13:8

The Passion Translation

Peter looked at Jesus and said, “You’ll never wash my dirty feet—never!” “But Peter, if you don’t allow me to wash your feet,” Jesus responded, “then you will not be able to share life with me.”

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob replied, “I can’t let my son Benjamin go with you. For his brother is dead, and of Rachel’s sons, he alone is left. If he were to meet with disaster on your journey, I would die of grief! You will send my white hair and broken heart sorrowing down to the grave!”

Psalm 51:7

Purify my conscience! Make this leper clean again! Wash me in your love until I am pure in heart.

Isaiah 4:4

And the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem by a Spirit of justice and by a Spirit of burning.

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle purifying water over you, and you will be cleansed from all the filth of your past. I will wash you clean from the defilement of worshiping false gods.

Matthew 16:22

Peter took him aside to correct him privately. He reprimanded Jesus over and over, saying to him, “God forbid, Master! Spare yourself. You must never let this happen to you!”

Matthew 21:29

The son replied, ‘I’d rather not.’ But afterward, he deeply regretted what he said to his father, changed his mind, and decided to go to the vineyard.

Matthew 26:33

Then Peter spoke up and said, “Even if all the rest lose courage and fall away, I will still be beside you, Jesus!”

Matthew 26:35

Peter replied, “I absolutely will never deny you, even if I have to die with you!” And all the others said the same thing.

John 13:6

But when Jesus got to Simon Peter, he objected and said, “I can’t let you wash my dirty feet—you’re my Lord!”

John 13:9

So Peter said, “Lord, in that case, don’t just wash my feet, wash my hands and my head too!”

John 3:5

Jesus answered, “I speak an eternal truth: Unless you are born of water and the Spirit, you will never enter God’s kingdom.

Acts 22:16

So now, what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins as you call upon his name.’

1 Corinthians 6:11

It’s true that some of you once lived in those lifestyles, but now you have been purified from sin, made holy, and given a perfect standing before God—all because of the power of the name of the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, and through our union with the Spirit of our God.

Ephesians 5:26

to make us holy and pure, cleansing us through the showering of the pure water of the Word of God.

Colossians 2:18

Don’t let anyone disqualify you from your prize! Don’t let their pretended sincerity fool you as they deliberately lead you into their initiation of angel worship. For they take pleasure in pretending to be experts of something they know nothing about. Their reasoning is meaningless and comes only from their own opinions.

Colossians 2:23

For though they may appear to possess the promise of wisdom in their submission to God through the deprivation of their physical bodies, it is actually nothing more than empty rules rooted in religious rituals!

Titus 3:5

he came to save us. Not because of any virtuous deed that we have done but only because of his extravagant mercy.

Hebrews 10:22

we come closer to God and approach him with an open heart, fully convinced that nothing will keep us at a distance from him. For our hearts have been sprinkled with blood to remove impurity, and we have been freed from an accusing conscience. Now we are clean, unstained, and presentable to God inside and out!

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ the Faithful Witness, the Firstborn from among the dead and the ruling King, who rules over the kings of the earth! Now to the one who constantly loves us and has loosed us from our sins by his own blood,

Revelation 7:14

I answered, “My lord—you must know.” Then he said to me, “They are ones who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb and have emerged from the midst of great pressure and ordeal.