Gospel of John Chapter 13 Verse 15 Jesus says: "For I have given you an example, so that, as I have done to you, you may also do." This he said on the day he washed the disciples' feet. But in everything Jesus did, there was a greater purpose. The purpose of teaching us how to act to please the Father. Therefore, everything that was done, was to show us what we should do, and how we should do it. All of Jesus' actions, the words he spoke and everything he did is in the Bible with the following purpose: To serve as an example. Our mission here on earth is to meditate on the teachings contained in the Bible, and in the face of any situation, to act exactly as Jesus did.