A   Before the feaste of Easter, wh&ebar; Iesus knewe that hys houre was come, that he shuld depart out of this world vnto þe; father. Wh&ebar; he loued his which were in the worlde, vnto the ende he loued them. And wh&ebar; supper was ended, after that the deuyll had ^note put in the herte of Iudas Iscarioth Simons sonne, to be traye hym. Iesus knowynge that ^note the father had geuen all thinges into hys handes, and that he was come from God, and went to God: he rose from supper, and layde asyde his vpper garmentes: and whan he had taken a towell, he gyrded him self. After that, he powred water into a basyn, and beg&abar;ne to wash the disciples fete, and to wype them with the towell, wherwith he was gyrded.

Then came he to Sym&obar; Peter. And Peter sayde vnto hym: Lord, dost thou wasshe my fete? Iesus answered, and sayd vnto h&ibar;: what I do, þu; wotest not nowe, but þu; shalt know herafter. Peter sayeth vnto him: thou shalt neuer wasshe my fete. Iesus answered hym: yf I wasshe the not, thou hast no parte with me. Symon Peter sayeth vnto hym: Lorde, not my fete onely, but also the h&abar;des and the head. Iesus sayth to hym: he that is wasshed, nedeth not, saue to wasshe his fete, but is cleane euery whyt. B   And ye are cleane, ^note but not all. For he knewe who it was that shuld be traye hym. Therfore sayd he: ye are not all cleane: So after he had wasshed their fete, and receaued hys clothes, and was sett downe, he sayde vnto them agayne: wote ye what I haue done to you? Ye call me master and Lorde, and ye saye well, for so am I. If I then youre lorde and master haue wasshed youre fete, ye also ought to wasshe one anothers fete. For ^note I haue geu&ebar; you an ens&abar;ple that ye shulde do, as I haue done to you. &cross3; Uerely verely, I saye vnto you: ^note þe; serua&ubar;te is not greater then his master, nether þe; messenger greater then he that sent hym.

If ye vnderstande these thinges ^note happy are ye, yf ye do them. I speake not of you all, I knowe wh&obar; I haue chosen. But that the scripture maye be fulfylled: ^note he that eateth bread with me, hath lyfte vp hys hele aga&ibar;st me. Now ^note tell I you before it come þt; wh&ebar; it is come to passe, ye might beleue that I am he. Uerely verely, I saye vnto you: ^note He þt; receaueth whomsoeuer I sende, receaueth me. And he that receaueth me, receaueth him that sent me.

Wh&ebar; Iesus had thus sayd, he was troubled in the sprete, and testifyed and sayd: verely verely, I saye vnto you: that ^note one of you shall be traye me. Then the disciples loked one on another, dowtynge of whom he spake. There was one of Iesus disciples, (which leaned on hym) ^note euen he whom Iesus loued. To hym beckened Symon Peter therfore, that he shulde aske, who it was of whom he spake. He then when he leaned on Iesus brest, sayd vnto him: Lord, who is it? Iesus answered: he it is to whom I geue a soppe. And he wet the brede ∧ gaue it to Iudas Iscarioth Simons sonne. D   And after the soppe. &rhand; Sat&abar; entred into him. Then sayd Iesus vnto him: that thou dost, do quyckly. That wist no man at the table, for what intent he spake vnto him. Som of th&ebar; thought because. ^note&rhand; Iudas had the bagge, þt; Iesus had sayd vnto him: bye those th&ibar;ges that we haue nede of agaynst the feaste: or þt; he shuld geue some thyng to the poore. Assone th&ebar; as he had receaued the soppe, he went immediatly out and it was night. Therfore when he was gone oute. Iesus sayd: ^note Now is the sonne of man glorifyed. And God is gloryfyed by him. If God be glorifyed by h&ibar;, God shall also glorify hym by hym selfe: and shall strayght waye gloryfy hym.

&cross2; Lytle chyldren, yet a lytel whyle am I with you. ^noteYe shall seke me, ∧ as I sayd vnto the Iewes, whyther I goo, thyther c&abar; ye not come. Also to you saye I now. ^noteA newe commaundement geue I vnto you, that ye loue together, as I haue loued you, that eu&ebar; so ye loue one another. ^noteBy this shall all m&ebar; knowe that ye are my discyples, yf ye haue loue one to another. Symon Peter sayd vnto hym: Lorde, whyther goest thou? Iesus answered him: whyther I go, thou canst not folowe me now, but ^note thou shalt folowe me afterwardes. &cross3; Peter sayd vnto h&ibar;: Lorde, why cannot I folowe the now: ^note I wyl ieoparde my lyfe for thy sake? Iesus answered hym: wylt thou ieoparde thy lyfe for my sake? Uerely verely, I saye vnto the: ^note the cocke shall not crowe, tyll thou haue denyed me thryse.

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