DONNIE DAILY GEMS FOR SUNDAY NOVEMBER 5:
DAILY BIBLE READING
John 13-15New King James Version (NKJV)
Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet
13 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had
come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His
own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
2 And supper being ended,[a] the devil having already put it into the heart
of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him, 3 Jesus, knowing that the
Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God
and was going to God, 4 rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took
a towel and girded Himself. 5 After that, He poured water into a basin and
began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with
which He was girded. 6 Then He came to Simon Peter. And Peter said to Him,
"Lord, are You washing my feet?"
7 Jesus answered and said to him, "What I am doing you do not understand
now, but you will know after this."
8 Peter said to Him, "You shall never wash my feet!"
Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me."
9 Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my
head!"
10 Jesus said to him, "He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is
completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you." 11 For He knew
who would betray Him; therefore He said, "You are not all clean."
12 So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, 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 you say well, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord
and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's
feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done
to you. 16 Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his
master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him. 17 If you know
these things, blessed are you if you do them.
Jesus Identifies His Betrayer
18 "I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but
that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He who eats bread with Me[b] has
lifted up his heel against Me.'[c] 19 Now I tell you before it comes, that
when it does come to pass, you may believe that I am He. 20 Most assuredly,
I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who
receives Me receives Him who sent Me."
21 When Jesus had said these things, He was troubled in spirit, and
testified and said, "Most assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray
Me." 22 Then the disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom He
spoke.
23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus
loved. 24 Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask who it was of whom
He spoke.
25 Then, leaning back[d] on Jesus' breast, he said to Him, "Lord, who is
it?"
26 Jesus answered, "It is he to whom I shall give a piece of bread when I
have dipped it." And having dipped the bread, He gave it to Judas Iscariot,
the son of Simon. 27 Now after the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then
Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly." 28 But no one at the table
knew for what reason He said this to him. 29 For some thought, because
Judas had the money box, that Jesus had said to him, "Buy those things we
need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.
30 Having received the piece of bread, he then went out immediately. And it
was night.
The New Commandment
31 So, when he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man is glorified,
and God is glorified in Him. 32 If God is glorified in Him, God will also
glorify Him in Himself, and glorify Him immediately. 33 Little children, I
shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to
the Jews, 'Where I am going, you cannot come,' so now I say to you. 34 A
new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved
you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are
My disciples, if you have love for one another."
Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial
36 Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?"
Jesus answered him, "Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but you
shall follow Me afterward."
37 Peter said to Him, "Lord, why can I not follow You now? I will lay down
my life for Your sake."
38 Jesus answered him, "Will you lay down your life for My sake? Most
assuredly, I say to you, the rooster shall not crow till you have denied Me
three times.
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
14 "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
2 In My Father's house are many mansions;[e] if it were not so, I would have
told you. I go to prepare a place for you.[f] 3 And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am,
there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know."
5 Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can
we know the way?"
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through Me.
The Father Revealed
7 "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on
you know Him and have seen Him."
8 Philip said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for
us."
9 Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not
known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you
say, 'Show us the Father'? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father,
and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own
authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11 Believe Me
that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the
sake of the works themselves.
The Answered Prayer
12 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do
he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My
Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father
may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask[g] anything in My name, I will
do it.
Jesus Promises Another Helper
15 "If you love Me, keep[h] My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father,
and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever- 17
the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees
Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in
you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
Indwelling of the Father and the Son
19 "A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will
see Me. Because I live, you will live also. 20 At that day you will know
that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. 21 He who has My
commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will
be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him."
22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, how is it that You will manifest
Yourself to us, and not to the world?"
23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My
word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home
with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word
which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.
The Gift of His Peace
25 "These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. 26 But
the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will
teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said
to you. 27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world
gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be
afraid. 28 You have heard Me say to you, 'I am going away and coming back
to you.' If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said,[i] 'I am going
to the Father,' for My Father is greater than I.
29 "And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass,
you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of
this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me. 31 But that the world may
know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do.
Arise, let us go from here.
The True Vine
15 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in
Me that does not bear fruit He takes away;[j] and every branch that bears
fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean
because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in
you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the
vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him,
bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not
abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather
them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in
Me, and My words abide in you, you will[k] ask what you desire, and it shall
be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much
fruit; so you will be My disciples.
Love and Joy Perfected
9 "As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If
you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My
Father's commandments and abide in His love.
11 "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and
that your joy may be full. 12 This is My commandment, that you love one
another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to
lay down one's life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do
whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant
does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for
all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. 16 You did
not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear
fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father
in My name He may give you. 17 These things I command you, that you love
one another.
The World's Hatred
18 "If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.
19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you
are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world
hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not
greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute
you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. 21 But all these
things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know Him
who sent Me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no
sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He who hates Me hates My
Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else
did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me
and My Father. 25 But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which
is written in their law, 'They hated Me without a cause.'[l]
The Coming Rejection
26 "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the
Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. 27 And
you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the
beginning.
Footnotes:
a.John 13:2 NU-Text reads And during supper.
b.John 13:18 NU-Text reads My bread.
c.John 13:18 Psalm 41:9
d.John 13:25 NU-Text and M-Text add thus.
e.John 14:2 Literally dwellings
f.John 14:2 NU-Text adds a word which would cause the text to read either if
it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
or if it were not so I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for
you.
g.John 14:14 NU-Text adds Me.
h.John 14:15 NU-Text reads you will keep.
i.John 14:28 NU-Text omits I said.
j.John 15:2 Or lifts up
k.John 15:7 NU-Text omits you will.
l.John 15:25 Psalm 69:4
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James VersionR. Copyright C 1982 by Thomas
Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
