John 13:4
he got up from the meal, removed his outer clothes, took a towel and tied it around himself.
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- Luke 12:37 : 37 Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!
- Luke 22:27 : 27 For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
- 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
- Phil 2:6-8 : 6 who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature. 8 He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death– even death on a cross!
- Luke 17:7 : 7 “Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep,‘Come at once and sit down for a meal’?
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- John 13:5-1511 verses90%
5He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself.
6Then he came to Simon Peter. Peter said to him,“Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
7Jesus replied,“You do not understand what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things.”
8Peter said to him,“You will never wash my feet!” Jesus replied,“If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.”
9Simon Peter said to him,“Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!”
10Jesus replied,“The one who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean. And you disciples are clean, but not every one of you.”
11(For Jesus knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said,“Not every one of you is clean.”)
12So when Jesus had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on, he took his place at the table again and said to them,“Do you understand what I have done for you?
13You call me‘Teacher’ and‘Lord,’ and do so correctly, for that is what I am.
14If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another’s feet.
15For I have given you an example– you should do just as I have done for you.
- John 13:1-33 verses79%
1Washing the Disciples’ Feet Just before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end.
2The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, that he should betray Jesus.
3Because Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,
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27For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
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14The Lord’s Supper Now when the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table and the apostles joined him.
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7but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature.
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31but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here.
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42Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!”
- John 13:25-273 verses70%
25Then the disciple whom Jesus loved leaned back against Jesus’ chest and asked him,“Lord, who is it?”
26Jesus replied,“It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish.” Then he dipped the piece of bread in the dish and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son.
27And after Judas took the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him,“What you are about to do, do quickly.”
- Mark 14:51-522 verses70%
51A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him,
52but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.
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46Then they took hold of him and arrested him.
- John 13:30-312 verses70%
30Judas took the piece of bread and went out immediately.(Now it was night.)
31The Prediction of Peter’s Denial When Judas had gone out, Jesus said,“Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him.
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7and the face cloth, which had been around Jesus’ head, not lying with the strips of linen cloth but rolled up in a place by itself.
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13Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.
- Mark 14:22-232 verses69%
22The Lord’s Supper While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said,“Take it. This is my body.”
23And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
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23So they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.
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11The greatest among you will be your servant.
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8Jesus said to him,“Stand up! Pick up your mat and walk.”
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59Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
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8Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?
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23One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was at the table to the right of Jesus in a place of honor.
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44Then, turning toward the woman, he said to Simon,“Do you see this woman? I entered your house. You gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.
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35After he sat down, he called the twelve and said to them,“If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”
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20He said to them,“It is one of the twelve, one who dips his hand with me into the bowl.
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13and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man. He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt around his chest.
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28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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44The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them,“Unwrap him and let him go.”
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14Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house,‘The Teacher says,“Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’
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18The Announcement of Jesus’ Betrayal“What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture,‘The one who eats my bread has turned against me.’
- Mark 14:16-172 verses67%
16So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
17Then, when it was evening, he came to the house with the twelve.
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13The Baptism of Jesus Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.
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2(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),
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44(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying,“The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.”)