John 13-15; Psalms 109 - Prayer Tents

John 13

Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet

13Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end

.G1161G4253G1859G3957G2424G1492G3754G846G5610G2064G2443G3327G1537G5127G2889G4314G3962G25G2398G3588G1722G2889G25G846G1519G50562It was time for supper, and the devil had already prompted Judas

, son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.G2532G1173G1096G1228G2235G906G1519G2588G2455G2469G4613G2443G3860G8463Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God.G2424G1492G3754G3962G1325G3956G1519G846G5495G2532G3754G1831G575G2316G2532G5217G4314G23164So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist,G1453G1537G1173G2532G5087G2440G2532G2983G3012G1241G14385and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples' feet, drying them with the towel he had around him.G1534G906G5204G1519G3537G2532G756G3538G3101G4228G2532G1591G3012G3739G2258G12416When Jesus came to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"G3767G2064G4314G4613G4074G2532G1565G3004G846G2962G3538G4771G3538G3450G42287Jesus replied, "You don't understand now what I am doing, but someday you will."G2424G611G2532G2036G846G3739G1473G4160G4771G1492G3756G737G1161G1097G3326G50238"No," Peter protested, "you will never ever wash my feet!" Jesus replied, "Unless I wash you, you won't belong to me."G4074G3004G846G3538G1519G165G3364G3538G3450G4228G2424G611G846G3362G3538G4571G3362G2192G3756G3313G3326G17009Simon Peter exclaimed, "Then wash my hands and head as well, Lord, not just my feet!"G4613G4074G3004G846G2962G3361G3450G4228G3440G235G2532G5495G2532G277610Jesus replied, "A person who has bathed all over does not need to wash, except for the feet

, to be entirely clean. And you disciples are clean, but not all of you."G2424G3004G846G3068G5532G3756G2192G2228G3538G4228G235G2076G2513G3650G2532G5210G2075G2513G235G3780G395611For Jesus knew who would betray him. That is what he meant when he said, "Not all of you are clean."G1063G1492G3588G3860G846G5124G1223G2036G2075G3780G3956G251312After washing their feet, he put on his robe again and sat down and asked, "Do you understand what I was doing?G3767G3753G3538G846G4228G2532G2983G846G2440G377G3825G2036G846G1097G5101G4160G521313You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and you are right, because that's what I am.G5210G5455G3165G1320G2532G2962G2532G3004G2573G1063G151014And since I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other's feet.G1487G1473G3767G2962G2532G1320G3538G5216G4228G5210G2532G3784G3538G240G422815I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you.G1063G1325G5213G5262G2443G5210G4160G2531G2532G1473G4160G521316I tell you the truth, slaves are not greater than their master. Nor is the messenger more important than the one who sends the message.G281G281G3004G5213G1401G2076G3756G3187G846G2962G3761G652G3187G3992G84617Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them.G1487G1492G5023G3107G2075G1437G4160G846

Jesus Predicts His Betrayal

18"I am not saying these things to all of you; I know the ones I have chosen. But this fulfills the Scripture that says, 'The one who eats my food has turned against me.'

G3004G3756G4012G5216G3956G1473G1492G3739G1586G235G2443G1124G4137G5176G740G3326G1700G1869G846G4418G1909G169119I tell you this beforehand, so that when it happens you will believe that I AM the Messiah

.G575G737G3004G5213G4253G1096G2443G3752G1096G4100G3754G1473G151020I tell you the truth, anyone who welcomes my messenger is welcoming me, and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming the Father who sent me."G281G281G3004G5213G2983G1437G5100G3992G2983G1691G1161G2983G1691G2983G3992G316521Now Jesus was deeply troubled

, and he exclaimed, "I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me!"G2424G2036G5023G2036G5015G4151G2532G3140G2532G2036G281G281G3004G5213G3754G1520G1537G5216G3860G316522The disciples looked at each other, wondering whom he could mean.G3767G3101G991G1519G240G639G4012G5101G300423The disciple Jesus loved was sitting next to Jesus at the table

.G1161G2258G345G1722G2424G2859G1520G846G3101G3739G2424G2524Simon Peter motioned to him to ask, "Who's he talking about?"G4613G4074G3767G3506G5129G4441G5101G302G1498G4012G3739G300425So that disciple leaned over to Jesus and asked, "Lord, who is it?"G1565G1161G1968G1909G2424G4738G3004G846G2962G5101G207626Jesus responded, "It is the one to whom I give the bread I dip in the bowl." And when he had dipped it, he gave it to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot.G2424G611G1565G2076G3739G1929G5596G1473G911G2532G1686G5596G1325G2455G2469G461327When Judas had eaten the bread, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus told him, "Hurry and do what you're going to do."G2532G3326G5596G5119G4567G1525G1519G1565G3767G3004G2424G846G3739G4160G4160G503228None of the others at the table knew what Jesus meant.G1161G3762G345G1097G4314G5101G2036G5124G84629Since Judas was their treasurer, some thought Jesus was telling him to go and pay for the food or to give some money to the poor.G1063G5100G1380G1893G2455G2192G1101G3754G2424G3004G846G59G3739G2192G5532G1519G1859G2228G2443G1325G5100G443430So Judas left at once, going out into the night.G1565G3767G2983G5596G1831G2112G1831G1161G2258G3571

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

31As soon as Judas left the room, Jesus said, "The time has come for the Son of Man

to enter into his glory, and God will be glorified because of him.G3767G3753G1831G2424G3004G3568G1392G5207G444G1392G2532G2316G1392G1722G84632And since God receives glory because of the Son

, he will soon give glory to the Son.G1487G2316G1392G1722G846G2316G1392G2532G1392G846G1722G1438G2532G1392G2117G1392G84633Dear children, I will be with you only a little longer. And as I told the Jewish leaders, you will search for me, but you can't come where I am going.G5040G2089G3397G1510G3326G5216G2212G3165G2532G2531G2036G2453G3754G3699G1473G5217G5210G3756G1410G2064G2532G737G3004G521334So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.G2537G1785G1325G5213G2443G25G240G2531G25G5209G2443G5210G2532G25G24035Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples."G1722G5129G1097G3956G1097G3754G2075G1699G3101G1437G2192G26G1722G24036Simon Peter asked, "Lord, where are you going?" And Jesus replied, "You can't go with me now, but you will follow me later."G4613G4074G3004G846G2962G4226G5217G2424G611G846G3699G5217G1410G3756G190G3427G3568G1161G190G3427G530537"But why can't I come now, Lord?" he asked. "I'm ready to die for you."G4074G3004G846G2962G1302G3756G1410G190G4671G737G5087G3450G5590G5228G467538Jesus answered, "Die for me? I tell you the truth, Peter-before the rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even know me.G2424G611G846G5087G4675G5590G5228G1700G281G281G3004G4671G220G5455G3364G5455G2193G3739G533G3165G5151

John 14

Jesus, the Way to the Father

14"Don't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.G5015G3361G5216G2588G5015G4100G1519G2316G4100G2532G1519G16912There is more than enough room in my Father's home

. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you—G1722G3450G3962G3614G1526G4183G3438G1490G302G2036G5213G4198G2090G5117G52133When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.G2532G1437G4198G2532G2090G5117G5213G2064G3825G2532G3880G5209G4314G1683G2443G3699G1473G1510G5210G5600G25324And you know the way to where I am going."G2532G3699G1473G5217G1492G2532G3598G14925"No, we don't know, Lord," Thomas said. "We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?"G2381G3004G846G2962G1492G3756G4226G5217G2532G4459G1410G1492G35986Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.G2424G3004G846G1473G1510G3598G2532G225G2532G2222G3762G2064G4314G3962G1508G1223G17007If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is

. From now on, you do know him and have seen him!"G1487G1097G3165G302G1097G3450G3962G2532G2532G575G737G1097G846G2532G3708G8468Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied."G5376G3004G846G2962G1166G2254G3962G2532G714G22549Jesus replied, "Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don't know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you?G2424G3004G846G1510G5118G5550G3326G5216G2532G1097G3756G1097G3165G5376G3708G1691G3708G3962G2532G4459G3004G4771G1166G2254G396210Don't you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me.G4100G3756G3754G1473G2076G1722G3962G2532G3962G1722G1698G4487G3739G1473G2980G5213G2980G3756G575G1683G1161G3962G3306G1722G1698G846G4160G204111Just believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe because of the work you have seen me do.G4100G3427G3754G1473G1722G3962G2532G3962G1722G1698G1490G4100G3427G1223G846G2041G84612"I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.G281G281G3004G5213G4100G1519G1691G2041G3739G1473G4160G4160G2548G2532G3187G5130G4160G3754G1473G4198G4314G3450G396213You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father.G3739G2532G3748G302G154G1722G3450G3686G5124G4160G2443G3962G1392G1722G520714Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!G1437G154G5100G1722G3450G3686G1473G4160

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15"If you love me, obey

my commandments.G1437G25G3165G5083G1699G178516And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate

, who will never leave you.G2532G1473G2065G3962G2532G1325G5213G243G3875G2443G3306G3326G5216G1519G16517He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn't looking for him and doesn't recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you

.G4151G225G3739G2889G3756G1410G2983G3754G2334G846G3756G3761G1097G846G1161G5210G1097G846G3754G3306G3844G5213G2532G2071G1722G521318No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you.G863G3756G863G5209G3737G2064G4314G520919Soon the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Since I live, you also will live.G2089G3397G2532G2889G2334G3165G3765G1161G5210G2334G3165G3754G1473G2198G5210G2198G253220When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.G1722G1565G2250G5210G1097G3754G1473G1722G3450G3962G2532G5210G1722G1698G2504G1722G521321Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them."G2192G3450G1785G2532G5083G846G1565G2076G25G3165G1161G25G3165G25G5259G3450G3962G2532G1473G25G846G2532G1718G1683G84622Judas (not Judas Iscariot, but the other disciple with that name) said to him, "Lord, why are you going to reveal yourself only to us and not to the world at large?"G2455G3004G846G3756G2469G2962G5101G1096G3754G3195G1718G4572G2254G2532G3780G288923Jesus replied, "All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them.G2424G611G2532G2036G846G1437G5100G25G3165G5083G3450G3056G2532G3450G3962G25G846G2532G2064G4314G846G2532G4160G3438G3844G84624Anyone who doesn't love me will not obey me. And remember, my words are not my own. What I am telling you is from the Father who sent me.G25G3165G3361G5083G3756G3450G3056G2532G3056G3739G191G2076G3756G1699G235G3962G3588G3992G316525I am telling you these things now while I am still with you.G5023G2980G5213G3306G3844G521326But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.G1161G3875G40G4151G3739G3962G3992G1722G3450G3686G1565G1321G5209G3956G2532G5279G3956G5279G5209G5279G3739G2036G521327"I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don't be troubled or afraid.G1515G863G5213G1699G1515G1325G5213G3756G2531G2889G1325G1325G1473G5213G5015G3361G5216G2588G5015G3366G116828Remember what I told you: I am going away, but I will come back to you again. If you really loved me, you would be happy that I am going to the Father, who is greater than I am.G191G3754G1473G2036G5213G5217G2532G2064G4314G5209G1487G25G3165G302G5463G3754G2036G4198G4314G3962G3754G3450G3962G2076G3187G345029I have told you these things before they happen so that when they do happen, you will believe.G2532G3568G2046G5213G4250G1096G2443G3752G1096G410030"I don't have much more time to talk to you, because the ruler of this world approaches. He has no power over me,G3765G2980G3765G2980G4183G3326G5216G1063G758G5127G2889G2064G2532G2192G3756G3762G1722G169831but I will do what the Father requires of me, so that the world will know that I love the Father. Come, let's be going.G235G2443G2889G1097G3754G25G3962G2532G2531G3962G1781G3427G1781G3779G4160G1453G71G1782

John 15

Jesus, the True Vine

15"I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.G1473G1510G228G288G2532G3450G3962G2076G10922He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.G3956G2814G1722G1698G846G5342G3361G2590G142G2532G3956G5342G2590G2508G846G2443G5342G4119G25903You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you.G2235G5210G2075G2513G1223G3056G3739G2980G52134Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.G3306G1722G1698G2504G1722G5213G2531G2814G3756G1410G5342G2590G575G1438G3362G3306G1722G288G3761G3779G5210G3362G3306G1722G16985"Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.G1473G1510G288G5210G2814G3306G1722G1698G2504G1722G846G3778G5342G4183G2590G3754G5565G1700G1410G4160G3756G37626Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.G3362G5100G3306G3362G1722G1698G906G1854G5613G2814G2532G3583G2532G4863G846G2532G906G1519G4442G2532G25457But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!G1437G3306G1722G1698G2532G3450G4487G3306G1722G5213G154G3739G1437G2309G2532G1096G52138When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.G1722G5129G1392G3450G3962G1392G2443G5342G4183G2590G2532G1096G1699G31019"I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love.G2531G3962G25G3165G2504G25G2504G25G5209G3306G1722G1699G2610When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father's commandments and remain in his love.G1437G5083G3450G1785G3306G1722G3450G26G2531G1473G5083G3450G3962G1785G2532G3306G1722G846G2611I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!G5023G2980G5213G2443G1699G5479G3306G1722G5213G2532G5216G5479G413712This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.G3778G2076G1699G1785G2443G25G240G2531G25G520913There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.G3187G26G2192G3762G3187G5026G2443G5100G5087G846G5590G5228G846G538414You are my friends if you do what I command.G5210G2075G3450G5384G1437G4160G3745G1473G1781G521315I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn't confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.G3765G3004G5209G3765G1401G3754G1401G1492G3756G5101G846G2962G4160G1161G2046G5209G5384G3754G3956G3739G191G3844G3450G3962G1107G521316You didn't choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.G5210G1586G3756G1586G3165G235G1473G1586G5209G2532G5087G5209G2443G5210G5217G2532G5342G2590G2532G5216G2590G3306G2443G3739G302G3748G154G3962G1722G3450G3686G1325G521317This is my command: Love each other.G5023G1781G5213G2443G25G240

The World’s Hatred

18"If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first.G1487G2889G3404G5209G1097G3754G3404G1691G4412G521619The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.G1487G2258G1537G2889G2889G302G5368G2398G1161G3754G2075G3756G1537G2889G235G1473G1586G5209G1537G2889G5124G1223G2889G3404G520920Do you remember what I told you? 'A slave is not greater than the master.' Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you.G3421G3056G3739G1473G2036G5213G1401G2076G3756G3187G846G2962G1487G1377G1691G1377G2532G1377G5209G1487G5083G3450G3056G5083G5212G253221They will do all this to you because of me, for they have rejected the One who sent me.G235G3956G5023G4160G5213G1223G3450G3686G3450G3754G1492G3756G3992G316522They would not be guilty if I had not come and spoken to them. But now they have no excuse for their sin.G1508G2064G1508G2064G2532G2980G846G2192G3756G2192G266G1161G3568G2192G3756G4392G4012G846G26623Anyone who hates me also hates my Father.G3404G1691G3404G3450G3962G253224If I hadn't done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be guilty. But as it is, they have seen everything I did, yet they still hate me and my Father.G1508G4160G1508G4160G1722G846G2041G3739G3762G243G4160G2192G3756G2192G266G1161G3568G3708G2532G3708G2532G3404G2532G1691G2532G3450G396225This fulfills what is written in their Scriptures

: 'They hated me without cause.'G235G2443G3056G4137G1125G1722G846G3551G3754G3404G3165G143226"But I will send you the Advocate

—the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will testify all about me.G1161G3752G3875G2064G3739G1473G3992G5213G3844G3962G4151G225G3739G1607G3844G3962G1565G3140G4012G170027And you must also testify about me because you have been with me from the beginning of my ministry.G1161G5210G2532G3140G3754G2075G3326G1700G575G746

Psalms 109

109[For the choir director: A psalm of David.] O God, whom I praise, don’t stand silent and aloofH5329H4210H1732H2790H430H84162while the wicked slander me and tell lies about me.H6310H7563H6310H4820H6605H1696H8267H39563They surround me with hateful words and fight against me for no reason.H5437H1697H8135H3898H26004I love them, but they try to destroy me with accusations even as I am praying for them!H160H7853H86055They repay evil for good, and hatred for my love.H7760H7451H2896H8135H1606They say

, “Get an evil person to turn against him. Send an accuser to bring him to trial.H6485H7563H7854H5975H32257When his case comes up for judgment, let him be pronounced guilty. Count his prayers as sins.H8199H3318H7563H8605H24018Let his years be few; let someone else take his position.H3117H4592H312H3947H64869May his children become fatherless, and his wife a widow.H1121H3490H802H49010May his children wander as beggars and be driven from their ruined homes.H1121H5128H5128H7592H1875H272311May creditors seize his entire estate, and strangers take all he has earned.H5383H5367H2114H962H301812Let no one be kind to him; let no one pity his fatherless children.H4900H2617H2603H349013May all his offspring die. May his family name be blotted out in a single generation.H319H3772H1755H312H8034H422914May the Lord never forget the sins of his fathers; may his mother’s sins never be erased from the record.H5771H1H2142H3068H2403H517H422915May the Lord always remember these sins, and may his name disappear from human memory.H3068H8548H3772H2143H77616For he refused all kindness to others; he persecuted the poor and needy, and he hounded the brokenhearted to death.H2142H6213H2617H7291H6041H34H376H4191H3512H382417He loved to curse others; now you curse him. He never blessed others; now don’t you bless him.H157H7045H935H2654H1293H736818Cursing is as natural to him as his clothing, or the water he drinks, or the rich food he eats.H3847H7045H4055H935H7130H4325H8081H610619Now may his curses return and cling to him like clothing; may they be tied around him like a belt.”H899H5844H4206H2296H854820May those curses become the Lord’s punishment for my accusers who speak evil of me.H6468H7853H3068H1696H7451H531521But deal well with me, O Sovereign Lord, for the sake of your own reputation! Rescue me because you are so faithful and good.H6213H3069H136H8034H2617H2896H533722For I am poor and needy, and my heart is full of pain.H6041H34H3820H2490H713023I am fading like a shadow at dusk; I am brushed off like a locust.H1980H6738H5186H5287H69724My knees are weak from fasting, and I am skin and bones.H1290H3782H6685H1320H3584H808125I am a joke to people everywhere; when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.H2781H7200H5128H721826Help me, O Lord my God! Save me because of your unfailing love.H5826H3068H430H3467H261727Let them see that this is your doing, that you yourself have done it, Lord.H3045H3027H3068H621328Then let them curse me if they like, but you will bless me! When they attack me, they will be disgraced! But I, your servant, will go right on rejoicing!H7043H1288H6965H954H5650H805529May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may their humiliation cover them like a cloak.H7853H3847H3639H5844H1322H459830But I will give repeated thanks to the Lord, praising him to everyone.H3966H3034H3068H6310H1984H8432H722731For he stands beside the needy, ready to save them from those who condemn them.H5975H3225H34H3467H8199H5315