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                        The First Sorrowful Mystery - The Agony in the Garden

                    CHAPTER 2

                       Jesus Washes His Apostles' Feet.

                                Jesus, knowing that His hour was come, that He should pass out of this world to the Father, having
loved His own who
                                were in the world, He loved them unto the end. And when [the ritual] supper was done (the devil
                                  having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him), knowing that
                                    the Father had given Him all things into His hands, and that He came from God, and goeth to God,
                                    He riseth from supper, and layeth aside His garments. And having taken a towel, He girded Himself.
                                After that, He putteth water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to
                                    wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded. He cometh therefore to Simon Peter, and Peter
                                    saith to Him, "Lord, dost Thou wash my feet?" Jesus answered, and said to him: "What I do, thou
knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter."
                                    Peter saith to Him: "Thou shalt never wash my feet." Jesus answered him: "If I wash thee not, thou
                                    shalt have no part with Me." Simon Peter saith to Him: "Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands
and my head."
                                    Jesus saith to him: "He that is washed, needeth not but to wash his feet, but is clean wholly. And
                                        you are clean, but not all." For He knew who he was that would betray Him; therefore He said, "You
are not all clean."
                                    Then after He had washed their feet and taken His garments, [having sat] down again, He said to
                                    them: "Know you what I have done to you? You call Me Master and Lord, and you say well, for so I
                                am. If then I, being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one
                                another's feet. For I have given you an example, that as I have done to you, so you do also.
'amen, amen I say to you: The servant is not greater than his