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# John 13

John 13 is chapter 13 of 21 in the Gospel of John. Here are all 38 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Christ washes his disciples' feet. The treason of Judas. The new commandment of love.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## John 13 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Before 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.
2. And 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,
3. knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he came from God and was going to God,
4. he rose up from the meal, and he set aside his vestments, and when he had received a towel, he wrapped it around himself.
5. Next 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.
6. And then he came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to him, “Lord, would you wash my feet?”
7. Jesus responded and said to him: “What I am doing, you do not now understand. But you shall understand it afterward.”
8. Peter 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.”
9. Simon Peter said to him, “Then Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!”
10. Jesus said to him: “He who is washed need only wash his feet, and then he will be entirely clean. And you are clean, but not all.”
11. For he knew which one would betray him. For this reason, he said, “You are not all clean.”
12. And so, after he washed their feet and received his vestments, when he had sat down at table again, he said to them: “Do you know what I have done for you?
13. You call me Teacher and Lord, and you speak well: for so I am.
14. Therefore, if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash the feet of one another.
15. For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done for you, so also should you do.
16. Amen, amen, I say to you, the servant is not greater than his Lord, and the apostle is not greater than he who sent him.
17. If you understand this, you shall be blessed if you will do it.
18. I am not speaking about all of you. I know those whom I have chosen. But this is so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me shall lift up his heel against me.’
19. And I tell you this now, before it happens, so that when it has happened, you may believe that I am.
20. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives anyone whom I send, receives me. And whoever receives me, receives him who sent me.”
21. When Jesus had said these things, he was troubled in spirit. And he bore witness by saying: “Amen, amen, I say to you, that one among you shall betray me.”
22. Therefore, the disciples looked around at one another, uncertain about whom he spoke.
23. And leaning against the bosom of Jesus was one of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved.
24. Therefore, Simon Peter motioned to this one and said to him, “Who is it that he is speaking about?”
25. And so, leaning against the chest of Jesus, he said to him, “Lord, who is it?”
26. Jesus responded, “It is he to whom I shall extend the dipped bread.” And when he had dipped the bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon.
27. And after the morsel, Satan entered into him. And Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”
28. Now none of those sitting at table knew why he had said this to him.
29. For some were thinking that, because Judas held the purse, that Jesus had told him, “Buy those things which are needed by us for the feast day,” or that he might give something to the needy.
30. Therefore, having accepted the morsel, he went out immediately. And it was night.
31. Then, when he had gone out, Jesus said: “Now the Son of man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.
32. If God has been glorified in him, then God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him without delay.
33. Little sons, for a brief while, I am with you. You shall seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you are not able to go,’ so also I say to you now.
34. I give you a new commandment: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, so also must you love one another.
35. By this, all shall recognize that you are my disciples: if you will have love for one another.”
36. Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus responded: “Where I am going, you are not able to follow me now. But you shall follow afterward.”
37. Peter said to him: “Why am I unable to follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!”
38. Jesus answered him: “You will lay down your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you, the rooster will not crow, until you deny me three times.”

## John 13 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Ante diem festum Paschæ, sciens Jesus quia venit hora ejus ut transeat ex hoc mundo ad Patrem: cum dilexisset suos, qui erant in mundo, in finem dilexit eos.
2. Et cœna facta, cum diabolus jam misisset in cor ut traderet eum Judas Simonis Iscariotæ:
3. sciens quia omnia dedit ei Pater in manus, et quia a Deo exivit, et ad Deum vadit:
4. surgit a cœna, et ponit vestimenta sua, et cum accepisset linteum, præcinxit se.
5. Deinde mittit aquam in pelvim, et cœpit lavare pedes discipulorum, et extergere linteo, quo erat præcinctus.
6. Venit ergo ad Simonem Petrum. Et dicit ei Petrus: Domine, tu mihi lavas pedes?
7. Respondit Jesus, et dixit ei: Quod ego facio, tu nescis modo: scies autem postea.
8. Dicit ei Petrus: Non lavabis mihi pedes in æternum. Respondit ei Jesus: Si non lavero te, non habebis partem mecum.
9. Dicit ei Simon Petrus: Domine, non tantum pedes meos, sed et manus, et caput.
10. Dicit ei Jesus: Qui lotus est, non indiget nisi ut pedes lavet, sed est mundus totus. Et vos mundi estis, sed non omnes.
11. Sciebat enim quisnam esset qui traderet eum; propterea dixit: Non estis mundi omnes.
12. Postquam ergo lavit pedes eorum, et accepit vestimenta sua, cum recubuisset iterum, dixit eis: Scitis quid fecerim vobis?
13. Vos vocatis me Magister et Domine, et bene dicitis: sum etenim.
14. Si ergo ego lavi pedes vestros, Dominus et Magister, et vos debetis alter alterius lavare pedes.
15. Exemplum enim dedi vobis, ut quemadmodum ego feci vobis, ita et vos faciatis.
16. Amen, amen dico vobis: non est servus major domino suo: neque apostolus major est eo qui misit illum.
17. Si hæc scitis, beati eritis si feceritis ea.
18. Non de omnibus vobis dico: ego scio quos elegerim; sed ut adimpleatur Scriptura: Qui manducat mecum panem, levabit contra me calcaneum suum.
19. Amodo dico vobis, priusquam fiat: ut cum factum fuerit, credatis quia ego sum.
20. Amen, amen dico vobis: qui accipit si quem misero, me accipit; qui autem me accipit, accipit eum qui me misit.
21. Cum hæc dixisset Jesus, turbatus est spiritu: et protestatus est, et dixit: Amen, amen dico vobis, quia unus ex vobis tradet me.
22. Aspiciebant ergo ad invicem discipuli, hæsitantes de quo diceret.
23. Erat ergo recumbens unus ex discipulis ejus in sinu Jesu, quem diligebat Jesus.
24. Innuit ergo huic Simon Petrus, et dixit ei: Quis est, de quo dicit?
25. Itaque cum recubuisset ille supra pectus Jesu, dicit ei: Domine, quis est?
26. Respondit Jesus: Ille est cui ego intinctum panem porrexero. Et cum intinxisset panem, dedit Judæ Simonis Iscariotæ.
27. Et post buccellam, introivit in eum Satanas. Et dixit ei Jesus: Quod facis, fac citius.
28. Hoc autem nemo scivit discumbentium ad quid dixerit ei.
29. Quidam enim putabant, quia loculos habebat Judas, quod dixisset ei Jesus: Eme ea quæ opus sunt nobis ad diem festum: aut egenis ut aliquid daret.
30. Cum ergo accepisset ille buccellam, exivit continuo. Erat autem nox.
31. Cum ergo exisset, dixit Jesus: Nunc clarificatus est Filius hominis, et Deus clarificatus est in eo.
32. Si Deus clarificatus est in eo, et Deus clarificabit eum in semetipso: et continuo clarificabit eum.
33. Filioli, adhuc modicum vobiscum sum. Quæretis me; et sicut dixi Judæis, quo ego vado, vos non potestis venire: et vobis dico modo.
34. Mandatum novum do vobis: ut diligatis invicem: sicut dilexi vos, ut et vos diligatis invicem.
35. In hoc cognoscent omnes quia discipuli mei estis, si dilectionem habueritis ad invicem.
36. Dicit ei Simon Petrus: Domine, quo vadis? Respondit Jesus: Quo ego vado non potes me modo sequi: sequeris autem postea.
37. Dicit ei Petrus: Quare non possum te sequi modo? animam meam pro te ponam.
38. Respondit ei Jesus: Animam tuam pro me pones? amen, amen dico tibi: non cantabit gallus, donec ter me neges.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 609: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 616: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1380: The Sacramental Sacrifice Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1823: The Theological Virtues ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 557: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 730: The Spirit of Christ in the Fullness of Time ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1085: Christ's Work in the Liturgy ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1337: The Eucharist in the Economy of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1524: Viaticum, the Last Sacrament of the Christian ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2843: "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 423: I Believe in Jesus Christ, the Only Son of God ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1269: The Grace of Baptism ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1694: Life in Christ ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 447: Lord ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 520: The Mysteries of Christ's Life ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 858: The Church Is One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1970: The New Law or the Law of the Gospel ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2822: "Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It is in Heaven" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2842: "And Forgive Us Our Trespasses, as We Forgive Those Who Trespass AGAINST US" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 782: The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1823: The Theological Virtues ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “The Eucharist is the sacrament of love; it signifies love, it produces love.” — St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, III q.73, c. 1273 (On this theme: verse 1)
- “The measure of love is to love without measure.” — St. Francis de Sales, popular saying, source unconfirmed (Attributed: verse 34)
- “It is not enough to love the young; they must know that they are loved.” — St. John Bosco, Memoirs of the Oratory, c. 1875 (On this theme: verse 35)

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 1: This was the fourth and last pasch of the ministry of Christ, and according to the common computation, was in the thirty-third year of our Lord: and in the year of the world 4036. Some chronologers are of opinion that our Saviour suffered in the thirty-seventh year of his age: but these different opinions on this subject are of no consequence.
- Verse 27: It is not a license, much less a command, to go about his treason: but a signification to him that Christ would not hinder or resist what he was about, do it as soon as he pleased: but was both ready and desirous to suffer for our redemption.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Tue, Mar 23, 2027: Tuesday of Holy Week — Gospel, John 13:21-33, 36-38
- Thu, Mar 25, 2027: Holy Thursday — Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper — Verse before the Gospel, John 13:34; Gospel, John 13:1-15
- Thu, Apr 22, 2027: Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter — Gospel, John 13:16-20
- Thu, Jun 10, 2027 (computed): Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time — Alleluia, John 13:34

12 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).