Luke 22:7-147Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. 8And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. 9And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? 10And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. 11And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 12And he shall show you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. 13And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. 14And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. (Luke 22:7‑14). John 13:1-171Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. 2And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; 3Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; 4He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. 5After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. 6Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? 7Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. 8Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. 9Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. 10Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. 11For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. 12So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? 13Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. 14If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 15For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. 16Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. 17If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. (John 13:1‑17)
JESUS said to His disciples, ‘I am soon going to be killed, but before I die I shall eat a supper with you in Jerusalem.’
Then Jesus said to Peter and John, ‘Go and get the supper ready.’ But they said, ‘Where shall we get it ready?’ Jesus had no house in Jerusalem, but He knew how to find a room.
So Jesus said to Peter and John, ‘Go into Jerusalem, and you will meet a man carrying a jug. Go after him; he will go into a house. The master of the house will lend Me a room. Tell him that I am going to die, and that I want to eat a supper with My disciples.’
Then Peter and John went into Jerusalem. Who did they meet?
A man carrying a jug.
They followed him. He went into a house. Peter and John went in after him, and they said to him, ‘Jesus wants a room to eat a supper in with His disciples, before His death.’
Then the master took them upstairs and showed them a large room. There was a table in it and seats all around the table. There was a jug, and a basin to wash their feet in, and a cup and dishes.
Peter and John got some bread and wine and other things and made the supper ready. Then they went back and told Jesus (who was in the country, not far away) that supper was ready. So Jesus and all His disciples came to the house in the evening. They went upstairs, and they all sat down. Jesus loved John better than all the rest, and John sat next to Jesus.
After they had been a little while at supper, Jesus got up and took a towel and tied it round His waist. He took a jug and poured water into a basin, and He began to wash His disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel round His waist. But when He came to Peter, Peter said, ‘Thou shalt never wash my feet.’
Peter thought it was too kind of Jesus to wash his feet, as if He was a servant. Jesus was not proud, but He loved to be kind to His disciples. Then Jesus said to Peter, ‘If I wash you not, you cannot be Mine. But I have made you clean already.’ Jesus had made Peter’s heart clean. Now Peter was glad that Jesus should wash his feet.
All the disciples had clean hearts, except Judas. His heart was full of wickedness; Satan was in it. Yet Jesus washed Judas’ feet. He was kind even to wicked Judas, who hated Him.
When Jesus had washed all the disciples’ feet, He sat down again and began to talk to them. He said, ‘Do you know what I have done to you? I have washed your feet, though I am your Lord and Master. I wish to teach you to be as kind to each other as I have been to you.’
When the sad hour was almost come
That Jesus must depart,
He gathered in an upper room
Those dearest to His heart.
Ah, great was their astonishment,
When, rising from His seat,
Upon the floor He lowly bent
To wash His servants’ feet.
Beside the board again He sat,
And thus expressed His mind:
‘If I, your Lord, upon you wait,
O, should not you be kind?
‘O, let the love that I have shown
By you remembered be;
And by your love let it be known
That you belong to Me.’
Questions
Did Jesus have a house in Jerusalem?
How did He get a room to eat a supper in with His disciples before He died?
Who did He send to find the room?
How did Peter and John find out which house they were to go to?
What things were in the room?
Who sat next to Jesus at supper?
How many people were at the supper?
Why did Jesus pour water into a basin?
Why did Peter not like Jesus to wash his feet?
Had Jesus made His disciples’ hearts clean?
Was Judas’ heart clean?
Why did Jesus wash His disciples’ feet?
What commandment did Jesus give to His disciples?
Christ’s last command:
A verse from the Bible for you to learn: