John 13:7
Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.”
In context
4 rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. 5 Then he poured water into a 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 said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?”
7 Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.”
8 Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share 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, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of you.”
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— John 13:7 in the KJV
Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
- NIV New International Version
— John 13:7 in the NIV
Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”