Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
Peter said to Him, "[No], you will never wash my feet." Jesus replied to him, "If I do not wash you, you will not be able to participate with me [i.e., as a disciple]."
New American Standard Bible
Peter *said to Him, “Never shall You wash my feet!” Jesus answered him,
King James Version
Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
Holman Bible
“You will never wash my feet—ever!” Peter said.
Jesus replied,
International Standard Version
Peter told him, "You must never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "Unless I wash you, you cannot be involved with me."
A Conservative Version
Peter says to him, Thou may, no, not wash my feet into the age. Jesus answered him, If I may not wash thee, thou have no part with me.
American Standard Version
Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
Amplified
Peter said to Him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus answered,
Anderson New Testament
Peter said to him: Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him: Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.
Bible in Basic English
Peter said, I will never let my feet be washed by you, never. Jesus said in answer, If I do not make you clean you have no part with me.
Common New Testament
Peter said to him, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part with me."
Daniel Mace New Testament
Peter said to him, you shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered, if I do not cleanse thee, you cannot partake with me.
Darby Translation
Peter says to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, Unless I wash thee, thou hast not part with me.
Godbey New Testament
Peter says to Him, You may never wash my feet. Jesus responded to him, If I wash thee not, thou hast not part with me.
Goodspeed New Testament
Peter said to him, "I will never let you wash my feet!" Jesus answered, "You will have no share with me unless I wash you."
John Wesley New Testament
Peter saith to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
Julia Smith Translation
Peter says to him, Thou shouldest never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, Except I wash thee, thou hast no part with me.
King James 2000
Peter said unto him, You shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash you not, you have no part with me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet {forever}!" Jesus replied to him, "Unless I wash you, you do not have a share with me."
Modern King James verseion
Peter said to Him, You shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Peter said unto him, "Thou shalt not wash my feet while the world standeth." Jesus answered him, "If I wash thee not, thou shalt have no part with me."
Moffatt New Testament
Said Peter, "You will never wash my feet, never!" "Unless I wash you," Jesus replied, "you will not share my lot."
Montgomery New Testament
Peter answered, "No, never shall you wash my feet." "If I do not wash you," said Jesus, "you have no part in me."
NET Bible
Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet!" Jesus replied, "If I do not wash you, you have no share with me."
New Heart English Bible
Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part with me."
Noyes New Testament
Peter saith to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
Sawyer New Testament
Peter said to him, You shall never by any means wash my feet. He answered him, Unless I wash you you have no part with me.
The Emphasized Bible
Peter saith unto him - In nowise shalt thou, ever, wash my feet. Jesus answered him - If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Peter saith to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet: no, never. Jesus answered him, Except I wash thee, thou hast no part with me.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"You shall never wash my feet!" exclaimed Peter. "Unless I wash you," answered Jesus, "you have nothing in common with me."
Webster
Peter saith to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
Weymouth New Testament
"Never, while the world lasts," said Peter, "shall you wash my feet." "If I do not wash you," replied Jesus, "you have no share with me."
Williams New Testament
Peter said to Him, "You must never wash my feet!" Jesus answered, "Unless I do wash you, you can have no share with me."
World English Bible
Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I don't wash you, you have no part with me."
Worrell New Testament
Peter says to Him, "Thou shalt never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I wash you not, you have no part with Me."
Worsley New Testament
Peter saith to Him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I do not wash thee, thou hast no part with me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Peter saith to him, 'Thou mayest not wash my feet -- to the age.' Jesus answered him, 'If I may not wash thee, thou hast no part with me;'
Themes
Disciples/apostles » What the disciples know
Fall » The reed changed to a rock » Full of strange contradictions, - at times presumptuous
Feet » Washing of, as an example, by jesus
Feet » Washing for others, a menial office
Jesus Christ » History of » Washes the disciples' feet (in jerusalem)
Knowledge » What the disciples know
Peter » The reed changed to a rock » Full of strange contradictions, - at times presumptuous
Peter » His presumption » In refusing to let jesus wash peter's feet
Presumption » Instances of » Peter » In objecting to jesus washing peter's feet
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Word Count of 37 Translations in John 13:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet
7 Jesus answered him, "You do not understand what I am doing, but you will later on." 8 Peter said to Him, "[No], you will never wash my feet." Jesus replied to him, "If I do not wash you, you will not be able to participate with me [i.e., as a disciple]." 9 Simon Peter [then] said to Him, "Lord, do not [just] wash my feet only, but my hands and head, too."
Cross References
1 Corinthians 6:11
And some of you have practiced such things, but you were washed [i.e., from your sins. See Acts 22:16]; you were dedicated [i.e., set apart for God's service]; you were made right with God in the name [i.e., by the authority] of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Holy Spirit of our God.
Hebrews 10:22
we should draw close [to God] with a sincere heart and a fully assured faith, having had our hearts sprinkled from a guilty conscience [See 9:13-14] and having had our bodies washed with clean water [i.e., in our immersion].
Matthew 16:22
Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, "I should say not, Lord; that will never happen to you."
Acts 22:16
So now, what are you waiting for? Get up and be immersed [into Christ], and have your sins washed away as you appeal to His name [i.e., to Christ's authority].'
Ephesians 5:26
so that He could dedicate her [to Himself], after cleansing her by means of the washing of water [i.e., immersion], accompanied by the word. [Note: "The word" here refers either to a person's profession of faith (See Rom. 10:9) or to the Gospel message (See Rom. 10:17), both of which are associated with immersion].
Titus 3:5
He saved us, not because of any good deeds we ourselves had done, but because of His mercy. [He saved us] through the washing of new birth [Note: This refers to our immersion in water] and the renewing [work] of the Holy Spirit,
Matthew 21:29
The son answered, 'No, I will not,' but later changed his mind and went.
Matthew 26:33
Peter answered Him, "[Even] if everyone [else] has doubts about you, I never will."
Matthew 26:35
Peter replied to Him, "Even if I have to die with you, still I will not deny [knowing] you." And all [the rest of] the disciples said the same thing.
John 3:5
Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I tell you, a person cannot enter the kingdom of God unless he is born out of water and the Holy Spirit.
John 13:6
He came to Simon Peter, who said to Him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet, [too]?"
Colossians 2:18
Do not allow anyone, who delights in acting humble [i.e., living an ascetic life] and who worships angels, to rob you of your reward [in heaven]. [Note: This "angel worship" could mean holding angels in high regard because of their role as God's messengers, or the claim that God can be approached only through angelic intermediaries]. He places great importance on what he [claims to] see [i.e., visions], being inflated with pride by his fleshly mind for no [good] reason.
Colossians 2:23
They certainly have an appearance of wisdom, [displaying] self-prescribed worship and [false] humility and asceticism, but they lack any value in curbing the desires of the physical passions.
Hebrews 9:22-23
And, according to the law of Moses, almost everything is [ceremonially] cleansed by blood, for there is no forgiveness [of sins] apart from the shedding of blood.
Hebrews 10:4-10
because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Revelation 1:5
[It is also] from Jesus Christ, who is the Faithful Witness [to the truth], the Firstborn from the dead [i.e., the first One raised never to die again], the Ruler of the kings of the world. May there be honor and power forever and ever to Christ, who loved us and released us from our sins by His blood [Note: Some manuscripts say "washed us" since the two words are spelled almost alike].
Revelation 7:14
And I answered him, "Sir, [surely] you know." And he said to me, "These are the people who have come through the terrible persecution, and they have washed their robes and made them white with the blood of the Lamb.