When, therefore, he washed their feet, and took his garments, having reclined (at meat) again, he said to them, `Do ye know what I have done to you?
And the people say unto me, `Dost thou not declare to us what these `are' to us, that thou art doing?'
And Ezekiel hath been to you for a type, According to all that he hath done ye do; In its coming in -- ye have known that I `am' the Lord Jehovah.
Jesus saith to them, `Did ye understand all these?' They say to him, `Yes, sir.'
And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?
for who is greater? he who is reclining (at meat), or he who is ministering? is it not he who is reclining (at meat)? and I -- I am in your midst as he who is ministering.
doth rise from the supper, and doth lay down his garments, and having taken a towel, he girded himself;
Jesus answered and said to him, `That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;'