From: abvax!ALF.CS.HH.AB.COM!BENNING
Newsgroups: alt.messianic
Subject: NCS-- John 13
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 14:11:21 -0500 (EST)


                    JOHN 13:1-38
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  JESUS WASHES HIS DISCIPLES' FEET
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John 13:1 It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the
time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having
loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full
extent of his love.

John 13:2 The evening meal was being served, and the devil had already
prompted Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus.

John 13:3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his
power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;

John 13:4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and
wrapped a towel around his waist.

John 13:5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash
his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped
around him.

John 13:6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you
going to wash my feet?"

John 13:7 Jesus replied, "You do not realize now what I am doing, but
later you will understand."

John 13:8 "No," said Peter, "you shall never wash my feet." Jesus
answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with me."

John 13:9 "Then, Lord," Simon Peter replied, "not just my feet but my
hands and my head as well!"

John 13:10 Jesus answered, "A person who has had a bath needs only to
wash his feet; his whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not
every one of you."

John 13:11 For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why
he said not every one was clean.

John 13:12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his
clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand what I have done
for you?" he asked them.

John 13:13 "You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that
is what I am.

John 13:14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet,
you also should wash one another's feet.

John 13:15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done
for you.

John 13:16 I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his
master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

John 13:17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you
do them.


  JESUS PREDICTS HIS BETRAYAL
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John 13:18 "I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have
chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture: 'He who shares my bread
has lifted up his heel against me.'

John 13:19 "I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it
does happen you will believe that I am He.

John 13:20 I tell you the truth, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts
me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me."

John 13:21 After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and
testified, "I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray me."

John 13:22 His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know
which of them he meant.

John 13:23 One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining
next to him.

John 13:24 Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, "Ask him
which one he means."

John 13:25 Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, "Lord, who is
it?"

John 13:26 Jesus answered, "It is the one to whom I will give this
piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish." Then, dipping the
piece of bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon.

John 13:27 As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.
"What you are about to do, do quickly," Jesus told him,

John 13:28 but no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to
him.

John 13:29 Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was
telling him to buy what was needed for the Feast, or to give something
to the poor.

John 13:30 As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it
was night.


  JESUS PREDUCTS PETER'S DENIAL
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John 13:31 When he was gone, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man
glorified and God is glorified in him.

John 13:32 If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in
himself, and will glorify him at once.

John 13:33 "My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You
will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now:
Where I am going, you cannot come.

John 13:34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have
loved you, so you must love one another.

John 13:35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you
love one another."

John 13:36 Simon Peter asked him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus
replied, "Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow
later."

John 13:37 Peter asked, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay
down my life for you."

John 13:38 Then Jesus answered, "Will you really lay down your life
for me? I tell you the truth, before the rooster crows, you will
disown me three times!