THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN

THE NEW TESTAMENT
TRANSLATED FROM
THE SYRIAC PESHITO VERSION BY JAMES MURDOCK

Chapter 13

(Joh 13:1) And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knew that the hour had come when he should depart from this world unto the Father. And he loved his own [people], who were in the world; and he loved them unto the end.

(Joh 13:2) And when the supper was passed, it had been injected by Satan into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him.

(Joh 13:3) And Jesus, because he knew that the Father had given all things into his hands; and that he came out from the Father, and was going to God;

(Joh 13:4) arose from the supper, and laid aside his long garments, and took a linen cloth, and wrapped it about his loins;

(Joh 13:5) and poured water into a wash-basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples: and he wiped them with the linen cloth with which he had girded his loins.

(Joh 13:6) And when he came to Simon Cephas, Simon said to him: Dost thou, my Lord, wash my feet for me?

(Joh 13:7) Jesus answered, and said to him: What I do, thou understandest not now: but hereafter thou wilt understand.

(Joh 13:8) Simon Cephas said to him: Never shalt thou wash my feet. Jesus said to him: Unless I wash thee, thou hast no part with me.

(Joh 13:9) Simon Cephas said to him: Then, my Lord, not my feet only shalt thou wash, but also my hands and my head.

(Joh 13:10) Jesus said to him: He that hath bathed, needeth not but to wash his feet; for he is all clean. And ye also are clean; but not all of you.

(Joh 13:11) For Jesus knew, who would betray him: therefore he said, Ye are not all clean.

(Joh 13:12) And when he had washed their feet, he resumed his long garments, and reclined. And he said to them: Understand ye what I have done to you?

(Joh 13:13) Ye call me, Our Rabbi, and Our Lord; and ye speak well; for I am so.

(Joh 13:14) If then I, your Lord and your Rabbi, have washed your feet, how much more ought ye to wash the feet of one another?

(Joh 13:15) For I have given you this example, that ye might do, as I have done to you.

(Joh 13:16) Verily, verily, I say to you, That no servant is greater than his lord; and no legate is greater than he who sent him.

(Joh 13:17) If ye know these things, happy will ye be if ye do them.

(Joh 13:18) Not of you all, do I speak: I know whom I have chosen. But that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me, hath lifted his heel against me.

(Joh 13:19) From this time, I tell you, before it occurs, that when it shall occur, ye may know that I am he.

(Joh 13:20) Verily, verily, I say to you: He that receiveth him whom I send, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

(Joh 13:21) These things said Jesus, and he was agitated in his spirit; and he testified, and said: Verily, verily, I say to you, That one of you will betray me.

(Joh 13:22) And the disciples stared at one another; because they knew not, of whom he spake.

(Joh 13:23) And there was one of his disciples, who was reclining on his bosom, he whom Jesus loved;

(Joh 13:24) to him Simon Cephas beckoned, that he should ask him, who it was of whom he spoke.

(Joh 13:25) And that disciple fell upon the breast of Jesus, and said to him: My Lord, which is he?

(Joh 13:26) Jesus answered and said: He it is, to whom I give the bread when I have dipped it. And Jesus dipped the bread, and gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

(Joh 13:27) And after the bread, then Satan entered into him. And Jesus said to him: What thou doest, do quickly.

(Joh 13:28) And no one of those reclining, knew, wherefore he said this to him.

(Joh 13:29) For some of them supposed, because the purse was in the hands of Judas, that Jesus expressly charged him to buy something needful for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor.

(Joh 13:30) And Judas took the bread at once, and went out of the house. And it was night when he went out.

(Joh 13:31) And Jesus said: Now is the Son of man glorified; and God is glorified in him.

(Joh 13:32) And if God is glorified in him, God will glorify him in himself; and will glorify him speedily.

(Joh 13:33) My children, a little longer I am with you; and ye will seek for me; and, as I said to the Jews, Whither I go ye cannot come, so I now say to you.

(Joh 13:34) A new commandment I give to you, that ye be affectionate to each other. As I have loved you, do ye also love one another.

(Joh 13:35) By this will every one know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love for each other.

(Joh 13:36) Simon Cephas said to him: Our Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered, and said to him: Whither I go, thou canst not now come after me; but thou wilt at last come.

(Joh 13:37) Simon Cephas said to him: My Lord, why can I not come after thee? I would lay down my life for thee.

(Joh 13:38) Jesus said to him: Wouldst thou lay down thy life for me? Verily, verily, I say to thee, The cock will not crow, until thou hast three times denied me.