4. “You too should wash each others feet”

Matthew 26:14-19; Mark 14:10-16; Luke 22:3-13, 24-27; John 13:1-20

Mt		Mk		Lk		*John*
						Before Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father, and having loved all who were his in the world, he loved them to the end.

*Matthew*	*Mark*	*Luke*	*John*
Judas, one of the twelve,	Judas, one of the twelve,	God’s angel entered into Judas, one of the twelve.	God’s spirit entered into Judas
he went to the chief priests: ‘What will you give me if I betray him?’	he went to the chief priests to betray Jesus over to them.	He went to the chief priests to discuss some way to betray Jesus over to them.	to betray Jesus.

*Matthew*	*Mark*	*Luke*	Jn
They promised to give him thirty silver pieces, so Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.	They were glad to hear it and promised to give him money; Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.	They were glad and promised to give him money. He agreed; Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
On the first day of Unleavened Bread his disciples asked him,	On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was sacrificed, his disciples asked him,	On the day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was sacrificed, Peter and John asked him,
‘Where do you want us to make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?’ He said, ‘Go to a certain man in the city and say to him,	‘Where do you want us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?’ So he sent two disciples, saying to them, ‘Go into the city and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him, and say to the owner of the house which he enters,	‘Where do you want us to prepare it?’ He said to them, ‘Look, as you go into the city you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house he enters and tell the owner of the house,
‘The Master says: My time is near. Where is the room for me to eat the Passover with my disciples?’	‘The Master says: Where is the room for me to eat the Passover with my disciples?’ He will show you a large upper room, well furnished. Make the preparations for us there.’	‘The Master says this to you: Where is the room for me to eat the Passover with my disciples?’ The man will show you a large upper room, well furnished. Make the preparations there.
The disciples did what Jesus told them and prepared the Passover.	The disciples set out and went to the city and found everything as he had told them, and prepared the Passover.	They set off and found everything as he had told them and prepared the Passover.

NARRATOR: The disciples argued among themselves, which of them was the greatest? Jesus said to them,

Mt		Mk		*Luke*		Jn
				‘The rulers of this world command you, and as they order you about, they call themselves God’s gift to you! But among you this must not happen. No; the greatest among you will be as if the youngest, the leader as if he were the one who serves. Which of you is greatest? The servant or the Lord? The Lord is served both first and best. Yet, among you, I served!’

Which of you is greatest? The servant or the served?
The Lord is served both first and best. Yet, among you, I served!

Music: Aylesbury, English, 1718

Narrator: Luke’s parable of the Lord who serves inspires John to tell a story.

Mt		Mk		Lk		*John*
						Jesus got up from table, laid aside his garments and took a towel and girded himself; he then poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel he was wearing.

To show how humble Christians ought to one another be,
Christ with his own example taught as plainly we may see.

Words: Anon. Mennonite 1879 Music: Mear, English, c. 1720

John

He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, ‘Lord, you shall never wash my feet.’ ‘If I do not wash you, you cannot be part of me.’ ‘Well then, Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!’

Though he was lord and master great, who giveth all commands,
he washed his own disciples’ feet, with his own blessed hands.

John

When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments again he sat down at the table. ‘Do you understand what I have done to you? You call me Master and Lord, and you are right; I am. If I, then, the Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you too should wash each other’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you should do what I have done to you. In all truth I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor he that is sent greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know this, blessed are you if you do this.

In all truth I tell you, whoever welcomes the one I send, welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes the one who sent me.’

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The Passion and Death of Jesus Christ

According to the Gospels

4. “You too should wash each others feet”

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