John 13:4

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“So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist.”

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BSBPD

“So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“riseth from supper, and layeth aside his garments; and he took a towel, and girded himself.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“doth rise from the supper, and doth lay down his garments, and having taken a towel, he girded himself;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 13:4 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Luke 12:37Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.
  2. Luke 17:7Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?
  3. Luke 22:27For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.
  4. 2 Corinthians 8:9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.
  5. Philippians 2:6Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

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