Title: Jesus On the Eve of the Cross
Preacher: Rev’d Francis Blight
Teaching Passage: John 13:1-30
10-11am Morning Worship (Fordham Church). With the All Saints Club groups for 4-11 year olds.
11.30am Holy Communion (Eight Ash Green).
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Online ChurchJohn 13: 1-30
13:2 The evening meal was being served, and the devil had already prompted Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus.
13:3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God;
13:4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist.
13:5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
13:6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"
13:7 Jesus replied, "You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand."
13:8 "No," said Peter, "you shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with me."
13:9 "Then, Lord," Simon Peter replied, "not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!"
13:10 Jesus answered, "A person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you."
13:11 For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.
13:12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them.
13:13 "You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am.
13:14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet.
13:15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.
13:16 I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
13:17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
13:18 "I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture: 'He who shares my bread has lifted up his heel against me.'
13:19 "I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am He.
13:20 I tell you the truth, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me."
13:21 After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, "I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray me."
13:22 His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant.
13:23 One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him.
13:24 Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, "Ask him which one he means."
13:25 Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, "Lord, who is it?"
13:26 Jesus answered, "It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish." Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon.
13:27 As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.
13:28 "What you are about to do, do quickly," Jesus told him, but no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him.
13:29 Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the Feast, or to give something to the poor.
13:30 As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.