KJV King James Version
Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
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John 13:8
Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”
WEB World English Bible
Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”
ASV American Standard Version
Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Peter saith to him, ‘Thou mayest not wash my feet—to the age.’ Jesus answered him, ‘If I may not wash thee, thou hast no part with me;’
Surrounding context — John 13
5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe [them] with the towel wherewith he was girded.
6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also [my] hands and [my] head.
10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash [his] feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
λέγειG3004 · legōto sayαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heΠέτρος·G4074 · PetrosPeterοὐG3756 · ounoμὴG3361 · mēnotνίψῃςG3538 · niptōto washμουG3165 · memeτοὺςG3588 · hothe/this/whoπόδαςG4228 · pousfootεἰςG1519 · eistowardτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoαἰῶνα.¶G165 · aiōnan age: ageἈπεκρίθηG611 · apokrinōto answerἸησοῦςG2424 · IēsousJesusαὐτῷ·G846 · autosit/s/heἐὰνG1437 · eanifμὴG3361 · mēnotνίψωG3538 · niptōto washσε,G4771 · suyouοὐκG3756 · ounoἔχειςG2192 · echōto have/beμέροςG3313 · merospartμετ᾽G3326 · metawith/afterἐμοῦ.G1473 · egōI/we
Cross-references
Titus 3:5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;Ezekiel 36:25Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.Acts 22:16And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.Hebrews 10:22Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.Ephesians 5:26That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,1 Corinthians 6:11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.Revelation 7:14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.John 3:5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.Matthew 26:33Peter answered and said unto him, Though all [men] shall be offended because of thee, [yet] will I never be offended.Matthew 21:29He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.Zechariah 13:1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.Colossians 2:18Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,Colossians 2:23Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.Revelation 1:5And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and] the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,Hebrews 9:22-23And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.Isaiah 4:4When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.Hebrews 10:4-10For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.Matthew 16:22Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
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