GOSPEL 29-30

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet, Gethsemane

JESUS WASHES HIS DISCIPLES’ FEET

29 ¹Knowing, therefore, that he had come from God and was returning to God, Jesus got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. ²After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

³When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. ⁴“Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. ⁵“You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you say well, for I am. ⁶But now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do, just as I have done for you. ⁷Amen amen, I tell you: No servant is greater than their master.

⁸God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God and God in them.

⁹Beloved, let us then love one another, for love is of God.

¹⁰All who love have been born of God and know God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

GETHSEMANE

30 ¹Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

²And he took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and began to grieve and despair. ³Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”

⁴Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet, not as I will, but as you will.”

⁵Then he returned to his disciples—and found them all sleeping. ⁶“Could you not even keep watch for just one hour?” he asked Peter. “Keep watch. And pray that you don’t succumb. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

⁷He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”

⁸But, coming back, again he found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. ⁹So he left them and went away once more and prayed a third time the same thing.

¹⁰Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Still you sleep and rest anyway. Get up! Let’s go! Look!—”

¹¹And while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. ¹²With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people. ¹³Going directly to Jesus, Judas said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed him.

¹⁴“Judas,” Jesus said to him, “You betray your friend with a kiss?”

¹⁵Then the detachment of soldiers with its commander and the officials arrested Jesus and bound him. ¹⁶And all of the disciples deserted him and fled.

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JESUS WASHES HIS DISCIPLES’ FEET

29 Εἰδὼς ὅτι ἀπὸ θεοῦ ἐξῆλθεν καὶ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ὑπάγει, ἐγείρεται ἐκ τοῦ δείπνου καὶ τίθησιν τὰ ἱμάτια καὶ λαβὼν λέντιον διέζωσεν ἑαυτόν· ²εἶτα βάλλει ὕδωρ εἰς τὸν νιπτῆρα καὶ ἤρξατο νίπτειν τοὺς πόδας τῶν μαθητῶν καὶ ἐκμάσσειν τῷ λεντίῳ ᾧ ἦν διεζωσμένος.

³Ὅτε οὖν ἔνιψεν τοὺς πόδας αὐτῶν καὶ ἔλαβεν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνέπεσεν πάλιν ⁴εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Γινώσκετε τί πεποίηκα ὑμῖν; ⁵ὑμεῖς φωνεῖτέ με· Ὁ διδάσκαλος, καί· Ὁ κύριος, καὶ καλῶς λέγετε· εἰμὶ γάρ. ⁶εἰ οὖν ἐγὼ ἔνιψα ὑμῶν τοὺς πόδας ὁ κύριος καὶ ὁ διδάσκαλος, καὶ ὑμεῖς ὀφείλετε ἀλλήλων νίπτειν τοὺς πόδας· ὑπόδειγμα γὰρ ἔδωκα ὑμῖν ἵνα καθὼς ἐγὼ ἐποίησα ὑμῖν καὶ ὑμεῖς ποιῆτε. ⁷ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐκ ἔστιν δοῦλος μείζων τοῦ κυρίου αὐτοῦ.

⁸Ὁ θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν, καὶ ὁ μένων ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἐν τῷ θεῷ μένει, καὶ ὁ θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ μένει.

⁹Ἀγαπητοί, ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους, ὅτι ἡ ἀγάπη ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν.

¹⁰Πᾶς ὁ ἀγαπῶν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ γεγέννηται καὶ γινώσκει τὸν θεόν. ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν οὐκ ἔγνω τὸν θεόν, ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν.

¹¹Ἐὰν ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους, ὁ θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν μένει καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη αὐτοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν τετελειωμένη ἐστίν. ¹²ἴδετε ποταπὴν ἀγάπην δέδωκεν ἡμῖν ὁ πατήρ, ἵνα τέκνα θεοῦ κληθῶμεν, καὶ ἐσμέν.

¹³Καὶ ὑμνήσαντες ἐξῆλθον εἰς τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν.

GETHSEMANE

30 ¹Τότε ἔρχεται μετ’ αὐτῶν ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς χωρίον λεγόμενον Γεθσημανὶ καὶ λέγει τοῖς μαθηταῖς· Καθίσατε αὐτοῦ ἕως οὗ ἀπελθὼν ἐκεῖ προσεύξωμαι.

²καὶ παραλαβὼν τὸν Πέτρον καὶ τοὺς δύο υἱοὺς Ζεβεδαίου ἤρξατο λυπεῖσθαι καὶ ἀδημονεῖν. ³τότε λέγει αὐτοῖς· Περίλυπός ἐστιν ἡ ψυχή μου ἕως θανάτου· μείνατε ὧδε καὶ γρηγορεῖτε. 

⁴καὶ προελθὼν μικρὸν ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ προσευχόμενος καὶ λέγων· Πάτερ μου, εἰ δυνατόν ἐστιν, παρελθάτω ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ τὸ ποτήριον τοῦτο· πλὴν οὐχ ὡς ἐγὼ θέλω ἀλλ’ ὡς σύ.

⁵καὶ ἔρχεται πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς καὶ εὑρίσκει αὐτοὺς καθεύδοντας, ⁶καὶ λέγει τῷ Πέτρῳ· Οὕτως οὐκ ἰσχύσατε μίαν ὥραν γρηγορῆσαι; γρηγορεῖτε. καὶ προσεύχεσθε ἵνα μὴ εἰσέλθητε εἰς πειρασμόν· τὸ μὲν πνεῦμα πρόθυμον ἡ δὲ σὰρξ ἀσθενής. 

⁷πάλιν ἐκ δευτέρου ἀπελθὼν προσηύξατο λέγων· Πάτερ μου, εἰ οὐ δύναται τοῦτο παρελθεῖν ἐὰν μὴ αὐτὸ πίω, γενηθήτω τὸ θέλημά σου.

⁸καὶ ἐλθὼν πάλιν εὗρεν αὐτοὺς καθεύδοντας, ἦσαν γὰρ αὐτῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ βεβαρημένοι.

⁹καὶ ἀφεὶς αὐτοὺς πάλιν ἀπελθὼν προσηύξατο ἐκ τρίτου τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον εἰπὼν πάλιν.

¹⁰Τότε ἔρχεται πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· Καθεύδετε τὸ λοιπὸν καὶ ἀναπαύεσθε· γείρεσθε· ἄγωμεν· ἰδοὺ·

¹¹Καὶ ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ἰδοὺ Ἰούδας εἷς τῶν δώδεκα ἦλθεν ¹²καὶ μετ’ αὐτοῦ ὄχλος πολὺς μετὰ μαχαιρῶν καὶ ξύλων ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρχιερέων καὶ πρεσβυτέρων τοῦ λαοῦ. ¹³καὶ εὐθέως προσελθὼν τῷ Ἰησοῦ εἶπεν· Χαῖρε, ῥαββί, καὶ κατεφίλησεν αὐτόν.

¹⁴Ἰούδα, Ἰησοῦς δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, φιλήματι τὸν φίλον παραδίδως;

¹⁵Τότε ἡ σπεῖρα καὶ ὁ χιλίαρχος καὶ οἱ ὑπηρέται συνέλαβον τὸν Ἰησοῦν καὶ ἔδησαν αὐτὸν. ¹⁶καὶ οἱ μαθηταὶ πάντες ἀφέντες αὐτὸν ἔφυγον.

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