Refrain: JESUS, OUR TEACHER AND OUR LORD
STOOP WASH-feet HIS-lf DISCIPLES.
HE-lf INFORM-them, (role play) ME EXAMPLE.
||: COPY-me WHAT ME DO. :|| (end role play)

1. HAPPEN JESUS GATHER-IN THOSE-rt HE-lf LOVE,
HE-lf KNEEL LIKE SERVANT HUMBLE.

2. WITH TOWEL AND BASIN HE-lf WASH-feet THEIR FEET.
MEAN THEY SHARE HIS-lf SUFFERING AND DEATH.

3. HE-lf ASK-rt, (role play) YOU(pl) UNDERSTAND?
||: COPY-me WHAT ME DO. :|| (end role play)

4. (role play) LIKE ME YOUR(pl) TEACHER WASH-feet YOUR(pl) FEET,
PROPORTIONAL YOU(pl) MUST SERVE, REPRESENT ME. (end role play)

5. (role play) ME COMMAND YOU(pl) SOMETHING NEW:
LOVE EACH-OTHER LIKE ME LOVE YOU(pl). (end role play)

Notes: STOOP - Sign KNEEL and bow body low.

DISCIPLES - D-FOLLOWERS.

HE - Underlined words are honorific indices ("indexes"), using the FT of the upturned palm to indicate who is being honored.

The signs between "||:" and ":||" are to be repeated.

GATHER-IN - (2h)[B], POs UP, FOs away, hands keep PO the same but flip up the fingers so that they become (2h)[B^] several times and move in a horizontal circle.

BASIN - BOWL but large enough for washing feet.

PROPORTIONAL - (2h)[P], POs down, FOs away, move downwards at NDS then at DS. This sign is used here to show a metaphor/simile.

Lyrics:

Refrain: Jesus, our teacher and our Lord,
stooped to wash the feet of his disciples,
and he told them, "This is an example;
as I have done, so you must do."

1. When Jesus had gathered with those he loved,
as a humble servant he knelt at their feet.

2. With towel and basin he washed their feet,
so that they might share in his passion and death.

3. He asked, "Do you know what I have done?
I give you a witness of what you must do."

4. "As I, your teacher, have washed your feet,
so you be willing to serve in my name."

5. "A new commandment I give to you,
that you love each other as I have loved you."