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Connecting Statement:
Jesus continues to speak to Simon Peter.
He who is bathed has no need, except to wash his feet, but he is completely clean; you are clean, but not everyone
Here Jesus speaks about "bathed" and "wash" and "clean" to mean making someone spiritually clean or pure. Since Jesus said in 13:7 that the disciples would not fully understand what was happening, translations should keep the "washing" imagery and not try to explain it in the text.
He who is bathed has no need, except to wash his feet, but he is completely clean
The word "but" shows the contrast between a person needing to be cleaned and a person already being being clean. In some languages "but" would not be used. Alternate translation: "He who is bathed has no need, except to wash his feet, because he is completely clean" or "He who is bathed has no need, except to wash his feet; he is completely clean" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-connectingwords)
He who is bathed has no need, except to wash his feet
This double negative emphasizes that to wash the feet is the only thing that he who is bathed needs. Alternate translation: "He who is bathed needs only to wash his feet" or "The only thing a person who has bathed needs is to wash his feet" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives)
has no need
It is implied that this need concerns washing the whole body. Alternate translation: "has no need to be fully bathed" or "does not need me to wash his whole body" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)