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If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
Jesus tells the disciples to wash one another's feet.
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.
Core John 13 foot washing verse.
So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
Frames the foot washing as an acted lesson.
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.
Shows the partial-washing saying in John 13.
Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
Peter asks about Jesus washing his feet.
Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
Jesus says refusal means no share with him.
He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
Shows the towel and basin detail from John 13.
Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
Peter offers a stronger response in the same passage.
Supporting Passages
And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:
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For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
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So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
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And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
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When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:
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And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.
Background washing/laver imagery, not foot washing itself.
And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days.
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