So after He had washed their feet, put on His garments again, and returned to the table, He said to them, »Do you understand what I have done to you?
»Have you understood all this?« He asked. »Yes,« they said.
»Do you all miss the meaning of this parable?« He added; »how then will you understand the rest of my parables?«
For which is the greater–he who sits at table, or he who waits on him? Is it not he who sits at table? But my position among you is that of one who waits on others.
rose from the table, threw off His upper garments, and took a towel and tied it round Him.
»What I am doing,« answered Jesus, »for the present you do not know, but afterwards you shall know.«