Passage
Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”
John 13:9 (WEB)
Nearby Context
John 13:7 Jesus answered him, “You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.”
John 13:8 Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I don’t wash you, you have no part with me.”
John 13:9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!”
John 13:10 Jesus said to him, “Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you.”
John 13:11 For he knew him who would betray him, therefore he said, “You are not all clean.”
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "simon", "peter", "said", "lord", "feet", "only", "hands", and "head". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "simon" and "peter", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Peter said to him You will never..." into verse 10's "Jesus said to him Someone who has...", so "simon" and "peter" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "simon" and "peter" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.