foot washing
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14Therefore, if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash the feet of one another.
8Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you will have no place with me.”
10who has testimony of her good works: whether she has educated children, or has provided hospitality, or has washed the feet of the saints, or has ministered to those suffering tribulation, or has pursued any kind of good work.
4But I will bring a little water, and you may wash your feet and rest under the tree.
1Before the feast day of the Passover, Jesus knew that the hour was approaching when he would pass from this world to the Father. And since he had always loved his own who were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 2And when the meal had taken place, when the devil had now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him, 3knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he came from God and was going to God, 4he rose up from the meal, and he set aside his vestments, and when he had received a towel, he wrapped it around himself. 5Next he put water into a shallow bowl, and he began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel with which he was wrapped. 6And then he came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to him, “Lord, would you wash my feet?”
32And he brought him into his guest quarters. And he unharnessed the camels, and he distributed straw and hay, and water to wash his feet and that of the men who arrived with him.
44And turning to the woman, he said to Simon: “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house. You gave me no water for my feet. But she has washed my feet with tears, and has wiped them with her hair.
1Before the feast day of the Passover, Jesus knew that the hour was approaching when he would pass from this world to the Father. And since he had always loved his own who were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 2And when the meal had taken place, when the devil had now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him, 3knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he came from God and was going to God, 4he rose up from the meal, and he set aside his vestments, and when he had received a towel, he wrapped it around himself. 5Next he put water into a shallow bowl, and he began to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel with which he was wrapped. 6And then he came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to him, “Lord, would you wash my feet?”
2And he said: “I beg you, my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and lodge there. Wash your feet, and in the morning you will advance on your way.” And they said, “Not at all. But we will lodge in the street.”
15For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done for you, so also should you do.
41And rising up, she reverenced prone on the ground, and she said, “Behold, let your servant be a handmaid, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”