The Meaning of the Example

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So when he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and sat down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?

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Ye call me, Teacher, and, Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.

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If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another’s feet.

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For I have given you an example, that ye also should do as I have done to you.

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Verily, verily, I say unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord; neither one that is sent greater than he that sent him.

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If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.

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I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth my bread lifted up his heel against me.

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From henceforth I tell you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.

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Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.