John 13 Free Bible Version
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1 It was the day before the Passover festival, and Jesus knew that the time had come to leave this world and go to his Father. He had loved those in the world who were his own, and he now demonstrated his complete love for them.
1 ANTES de la fiesta de la Pascua, sabiendo Jesús que su hora había venido para que pasase de este mundo al Padre, como había amado á los suyos que estaban en el mundo, amólos hasta el fin.
1 Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
2 It was during supper, and the devil had already put the thought of betraying Jesus into the mind of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot.
2 Y la cena acabada, como el diablo ya había metido en el corazón de Judas, [hijo] de Simón Iscariote, que le entregase,
2 During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him,
3 Jesus knew that the Father had placed everything under his authority, and that he had come from God and was going back to God.
3 Sabiendo Jesús que el Padre le había dado todas las cosas en las manos, y que había salido de Dios, y á Dios iba,
3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came from God and was going to God,
4 So Jesus stood up from eating supper, took off his robe and wrapped a towel around his waist.
4 Levántase de la cena, y quítase su ropa, y tomando una toalla, ciñóse.
4 arose from supper, and laid aside his outer garments. He took a towel and wrapped a towel around his waist.
5 He poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel he had wrapped around him.
5 Luego puso agua en un lebrillo, y comenzó á lavar los pies de los discípulos, y á limpiarlos con la toalla con que estaba ceñido.
5 Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
6 He came to Simon Peter, who asked him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
6 Entonces vino á Simón Pedro; y Pedro le dice: ¿Señor, tú me lavas los pies?
6 Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?”
7 Jesus replied, “You won't realize what I'm doing for you now. But one day you'll understand.”
7 Respondió Jesús, y díjole: Lo que yo hago, tú no entiendes ahora; mas [lo] entenderás después.
7 Jesus answered him, “You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.”
8 “No!” Peter protested. “You'll never wash my feet!” Jesus replied, “If I don't wash you, you have no part with me.”
8 Dícele Pedro: No me lavarás los pies jamás. Respondióle Jesús: Si no te lavare, no tendrás parte conmigo.
8 Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”
9 “Then, Lord, wash not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!” Simon Peter exclaimed.
9 Dícele Simón Pedro: Señor, no sólo mis pies, mas aun las manos y la cabeza.
9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”
10 Jesus responded, “Those who have had a bath only need to wash their feet and then they're clean all over. You are clean—but not all of you.”
10 Dícele Jesús: El que está lavado, no necesita sino que lave los pies, mas está todo limpio: y vosotros limpios estáis, aunque no todos.
10 Jesus said to him, “Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.”
11 For he knew who was betraying him. That's why he said, “Not all of you are clean.”
11 Porque sabía quién le había de entregar; por eso dijo: No estáis limpios todos.
11 For he knew him who would betray him; therefore he said, “You are not all clean.”
12 After Jesus had washed their feet, he put his robe back on, and sat down. “Do you understand what I've done to you?” he asked them.
12 Así que, después que les hubo lavado los pies, y tomado su ropa, volviéndose á sentar á la mesa, díjoles: ¿Sabéis lo que os he hecho?
12 So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?
13 “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that's who I am.
13 Vosotros me llamáis, Maestro, y, Señor: y decís bien; porque lo soy.
13 You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am.
14 So if I, your Teacher and Lord, washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet.
14 Pues si yo, el Señor y el Maestro, he lavado vuestros pies, vosotros también debéis lavar los pies los unos á los otros.
14 If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.
15 I have set you an example, so you should do just as I did.
15 Porque ejemplo os he dado, para que como yo os he hecho, vosotros también hagáis.
15 For I have given you an example, that you should also do as I have done to you.
16 I tell you the truth, servants are not more important than their master, and the one sent is not greater than the sender.
16 De cierto, de cierto os digo: El siervo no es mayor que su señor, ni el apóstol es mayor que el que le envió.
16 Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither is one who is sent greater than he who sent him.
17 Now that you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
17 Si sabéis estas cosas, bienaventurados seréis, si las hiciereis.
17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
18 I'm not talking about all of you—I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill Scripture: ‘The one who shares my food has turned against me.’
18 No hablo de todos vosotros: yo sé los que he elegido: mas para que se cumpla la Escritura: El que come pan conmigo, levantó contra mí su calcañar.
18 I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’
19 I'm telling you this now, before it happens, so when it does happen you will be convinced that I am who I am.
19 Desde ahora os lo digo antes que se haga, para que cuando se hiciere, creáis que yo soy.
19 From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.
20 I tell you the truth, whoever welcomes anyone I send welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, welcomes the one who sent me.”
20 De cierto, de cierto os digo: El que recibe al que yo enviare, á mí recibe; y el que á mí recibe, recibe al que me envió.
20 Most certainly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me.”
21 After he had said this, Jesus was deeply troubled, and declared: “I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray me.”
21 Como hubo dicho Jesús esto, fué conmovido en el espíritu, y protestó, y dijo: De cierto, de cierto os digo, que uno de vosotros me ha de entregar.
21 When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, “Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me.”
22 The disciples looked at each other, wondering which of them Jesus was talking about.
22 Entonces los discípulos mirábanse los unos á los otros, dudando de quién decía.
22 The disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom he spoke.
23 The disciple whom Jesus loved was sitting next to Jesus at the table, leaning close to him.
23 Y uno de sus discípulos, al cual Jesús amaba, estaba recostado en el seno de Jesús.
23 One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table, leaning against Jesus’ chest.
24 Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus which one he was talking about.
24 A éste, pues, hizo señas Simón Pedro, para que preguntase quién era aquél de quien decía.
24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to him, “Tell us who it is of whom he speaks.”
25 So he leaned over to Jesus and asked, “Lord, who is it?”
25 El entonces recostándose sobre el pecho de Jesús, dícele: Señor, ¿quién es?
25 He, leaning back, as he was, on Jesus’ chest, asked him, “Lord, who is it?”
26 Jesus replied, “It's the one to whom I will give a piece of bread after I have dipped it.”
26 Respondió Jesús: Aquél es, á quien yo diere el pan mojado. Y mojando el pan, diólo á Judas Iscariote, [hijo] de Simón.
26 Jesus therefore answered, “It is he to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
27 After dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. Once Judas had taken the bread, Satan entered him. “What you're going to do, do it quickly,” Jesus told him.
27 Y tras el bocado Satanás entró en él. Entonces Jesús le dice: Lo que haces, haz[lo] más presto.
27 After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”
28 No one at the table understood what Jesus meant by this.
28 Mas ninguno de los que estaban á la mesa entendió á qué propósito le dijo esto.
28 Now nobody at the table knew why he said this to him.
29 Since Judas was in charge of the money, some of them thought that Jesus was telling him to go and buy what was needed for the Passover festival, or to donate something to the poor.
29 Porque los unos pensaban, porque Judas tenía la bolsa, que Jesús le decía: Compra lo que necesitamos para la fiesta: ó, que diese algo á los pobres.
29 For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, “Buy what things we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.
30 Judas left immediately after he'd taken the piece of bread, and went out into the night.
30 Como él pues hubo tomado el bocado, luego salió: y era [ya] noche.
30 Therefore having received that morsel, he went out immediately. It was night.
31 After he'd left, Jesus said, “Now the Son of man is glorified, and through him God is glorified.
31 Entonces como él salió, dijo Jesús: Ahora es glorificado el Hijo del hombre, y Dios es glorificado en él.
31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.
32 If God is glorified through him, then God will glorify the Son himself, and will glorify him immediately.
32 Si Dios es glorificado en él, Dios también le glorificará en sí mismo, y luego le glorificará.
32 If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him immediately.
33 My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, but I'm telling you now just as I told the Jews: you cannot come where I'm going.
33 Hijitos, aun un poco estoy con vosotros. Me buscaréis; mas, como dije á los Judíos: Donde yo voy, vosotros no podéis venir; así digo á vosotros ahora.
33 Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come,’ so now I tell you.
34 I am giving you a new command: Love one another. Love one another in the same way I have loved you.
34 Un mandamiento nuevo os doy: Que os améis unos á otros: como os he amado, que también [os] améis los unos á los otros.
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.
35 If you love one another you will prove to everyone that you are my disciples.”
35 En esto conocerán todos que sois mis discípulos, si tuviereis amor los unos con los otros.
35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
36 Simon Peter asked him, “Where are you going, Lord?” Jesus answered, “You can't follow me now where I'm going. You will follow me later.”
36 Dícele Simón Pedro: Señor, ¿adónde vas? Respondióle Jesús: Donde yo voy, no me puedes ahora seguir; mas me seguirás después.
36 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you can’t follow now, but you will follow afterwards.”
37 “Lord, why can't I follow you now?” Peter asked. “I'll lay down my life for you.”
37 Dícele Pedro: Señor, ¿por qué no te puedo seguir ahora? mi alma pondré por ti.
37 Peter said to him, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
38 “Are you really ready to die for me? I tell you the truth: before the cock crows you will deny me three times,” Jesus replied.
38 Respondióle Jesús: ¿Tu alma pondrás por mí? De cierto, de cierto te digo: No cantará el gallo, sin que me hayas negado tres veces.
38 Jesus answered him, “Will you lay down your life for me? Most certainly I tell you, the rooster won’t crow until you have denied me three times.
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- 1 John 12:23; 1 John 4:19; John 13:34; John 13:3; John 16:28
- 2 James 1:13–17; Acts 5:3; John 6:70–71; John 13:26–27; Luke 22:31
- 3 John 3:35; Matthew 11:27; Hebrews 1:2; Matthew 28:18; John 17:2
- 4 2 Corinthians 8:9; Luke 22:27; Luke 12:37; Philippians 2:6–8; Luke 17:7
- 5 Luke 7:44; Psalm 51:2; 1 Timothy 5:10; Genesis 18:4; Genesis 19:2
- 6 John 1:27; Matthew 3:11–14; Luke 5:8
- 7 Daniel 12:8; John 12:16; John 14:26; James 5:7–11; John 13:10–12
- 8 Titus 3:5; Ezekiel 36:25; Acts 22:16; Ephesians 5:26; Hebrews 10:22
- 9 Psalm 51:2; Psalm 51:7; Psalm 26:6; 1 Peter 3:21; Hebrews 10:22
- 10 John 15:3; 2 Corinthians 7:1; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Numbers 19:19–21; Ephesians 5:26–27
- 11 John 13:26; John 13:18; John 13:21; John 13:2; John 2:25
- 12 John 13:7; John 13:4; Ezekiel 24:24; Ezekiel 24:19; Matthew 13:51
- 13 Luke 6:46; 1 Corinthians 12:3; Philippians 2:11; John 11:28; Romans 14:8–9
- 14 1 Peter 5:5; Acts 20:35; Romans 12:16; Galatians 5:13; Luke 22:26–27
- 15 1 John 2:6; Matthew 11:29; 1 Peter 2:21; 1 Peter 3:17–18; Ephesians 5:2
- 16 Luke 6:40; John 15:20; Matthew 10:24–25; John 3:5; John 3:3
- 17 Luke 11:28; James 4:17; James 1:25; Matthew 7:24–25; Ezekiel 36:27
- 18 Psalm 41:9; Matthew 26:23; John 17:12; Mark 14:20; John 13:26
- 19 Isaiah 43:10; John 14:29; Revelation 1:17–18; John 16:4; John 8:23–24
- 20 Luke 10:16; Luke 9:48; Mark 9:37; Matthew 25:40; Matthew 10:40–42
- 21 Matthew 26:21; John 13:18; Mark 14:18; John 12:27; Acts 1:16–17
- 22 Luke 22:23; Mark 14:19; Matthew 26:22; Genesis 42:1
- 23 John 19:26; John 20:2; John 21:20; John 21:7; Revelation 1:16–18
- 24 Acts 13:16; Acts 12:17; Luke 1:22; Luke 5:7; Acts 21:40
- 25 John 21:20; Genesis 44:4–12; Esther 7:5
- 26 Matthew 26:23; John 13:30; Luke 22:21; Mark 14:19–20; John 6:70–71
- 27 Luke 22:3; John 13:2; Acts 5:3; Matthew 12:45; Proverbs 1:16
- 29 Acts 20:34–35; John 12:5–6; Ephesians 4:28; John 13:1; Galatians 2:10
- 30 Isaiah 59:7; Proverbs 4:16; Romans 3:15; Luke 22:53; Job 24:13–15
- 31 1 Peter 4:11; John 14:13; John 7:39; 1 Peter 1:21; John 16:14
- 32 Revelation 22:3; Revelation 22:1; John 17:1; John 17:4–6; John 12:23
- 33 John 7:33–34; 1 John 2:1; John 16:16–22; John 8:21–24; John 12:35–36
- 34 Ephesians 5:2; Leviticus 19:18; John 15:17; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 John 3:23
- 35 1 John 4:20–21; 1 John 2:10; 1 John 3:10–14; John 17:21; 1 John 2:5
- 36 2 Peter 1:14; John 21:21–22; John 13:33; John 14:2; John 21:18–19
- 37 Acts 20:24; Acts 21:13; John 21:15; Mark 14:27–31; Matthew 26:31–35
- 38 Luke 22:34; Matthew 26:34; Mark 14:30; Proverbs 16:18; Matthew 26:69–75
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