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John 13
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1 Before the festival day of the pasch, Jesus knowing that his hour was come, that he should pass out of this world to the Father: having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them unto the end. CCC
2 And when supper was done (the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him),
3 Knowing that the Father had given him all things into his hands and that he came from God and goeth to God, CCC
4 He riseth from supper and layeth aside his garments and, having taken a towel, girded himself.
5 After that, he putteth water into a basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. Fathers
6 He cometh therefore to Simon Peter. And Peter saith to him: Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
7 Jesus answered and said to him: What I do, thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
8 Peter saith to him: Thou shalt never wash my feet, Jesus answered him: If I wash thee not, thou shalt have no part with me.
9 Simon Peter saith to him: Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head.
10 Jesus saith to him: He that is washed needeth not but to wash his feet, but is clean wholly. And you are clean, but not all.
11 For he knew who he was that would betray him; therefore he said: You are not all clean.
12 Then after he had washed their feet and taken his garments, being set down again, he said to them: Know you what I have done to you? CCC
13 You call me Master and Lord. And you say well: for so I am. CCC
14 If then I being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another’s feet. CCC
15 For I have given you an example, that as I have done to you, so you do also. CCC
16 Amen, amen, I say to you: The servant is not greater than his lord: neither is the apostle greater than he that sent him. CCC
17 If you know these things, you shall be blessed if you do them.
18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen. But that the scripture may be fulfilled: He that eateth bread with me shall lift up his heel against me,
19 At present I tell you, before it come to pass: that when it shall come to pass, you may believe that I am he.
20 Amen, amen, I say to you, he that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me: and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. CCC
21 When Jesus had said these things, he was troubled in spirit; and he testified, and said: Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you shall betray me.
22 The disciples therefore looked one upon another, doubting of whom he spoke.
23 Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him and said to him: Who is it of whom he speaketh?
25 He therefore, leaning on the breast of Jesus, saith to him: Lord, who is it?
26 Jesus answered: He it is to whom I shall reach bread dipped. And when he had dipped the bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
27 And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. And Jesus said to him: That which thou dost, do quickly.
28 Now no man at the table knew to what purpose he said this unto him.
29 For some thought, because Judas had the purse, that Jesus had said to him: Buy those things which we have need of for the festival day: or that he should give something to the poor.
30 He therefore, having received the morsel, went out immediately. And it was night.
31 When he therefore was gone out, Jesus said: Now is the Son of man glorified; and God is glorified in him.
32 If God be glorified in him, God also will glorify him in himself: and immediately will he glorify him.
33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek me. And as I said to the Jews: Whither I go you cannot come; so I say to you now.
34 A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. CCC
35 By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.
36 Simon Peter saith to him: Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered: Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now: but thou shalt follow hereafter.
37 Peter saith to him: Why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee.
38 Jesus answered him: Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Amen, amen, I say to thee, the cock shall not crow, till thou deny me thrice.
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- CCC 557 “When the days drew near for him to be taken up [Jesus] set his face to go to Jerusalem." By this decision…”
- CCC 609 “By embracing in his human heart the Father's love for men, Jesus "loved them to the end", for "greater love has no…”
- CCC 616 “It is love "to the end" that confers on Christ's sacrifice its value as redemption and reparation, as atonement and satisfaction. He…”
- CCC 730 “At last Jesus' hour arrives: he commends his spirit into the Father's hands 118 at the very moment when by his death…”
- CCC 1085 “In the liturgy of the Church, it is principally his own Paschal mystery that Christ signifies and makes present. During his earthly…”
- CCC 1337 “The Lord, having loved those who were his own, loved them to the end. Knowing that the hour had come to leave…”
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- CCC 423 “We believe and confess that Jesus of Nazareth, born a Jew of a daughter of Israel at Bethlehem at the time of…”
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“Now in the last days, when the fulness of the time of liberty had arrived, the Word Himself did by Himself "wash away the filth of the daughters of Zion," when He washed the disciples' feet with His own hands.”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
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- CCC 447 “Jesus ascribes this title to himself in a veiled way when he disputes with the Pharisees about the meaning of Psalm 110,…”
- CCC 1269 “Having become a member of the Church, the person baptized belongs no longer to himself, but to him who died and rose…”
- CCC 1694 “Incorporated into Christ by Baptism, Christians are "dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus" and so participate in the…”
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- CCC 520 “In all of his life Jesus presents himself as our model. He is "the perfect man", who invites us to become his…”
- CCC 1269 “Having become a member of the Church, the person baptized belongs no longer to himself, but to him who died and rose…”
- CCC 1694 “Incorporated into Christ by Baptism, Christians are "dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus" and so participate in the…”
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- CCC 1694 “Incorporated into Christ by Baptism, Christians are "dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus" and so participate in the…”
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- CCC 858 “Jesus is the Father's Emissary. From the beginning of his ministry, he "called to him those whom he desired; .... and he…”
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- CCC 1823 “Jesus makes charity the new commandment. By loving his own "to the end," he makes manifest the Father's love which he receives.…”
- CCC 1970 “The Law of the Gospel requires us to make the decisive choice between "the two ways" and to put into practice the…”
- CCC 2822 “Our Father "desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." He "is forbearing toward you,…”
- CCC 2842 “This "as" is not unique in Jesus' teaching: "You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect"; "Be merciful, even…”
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