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John 13:8

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"You will never wash my feet!" Peter replied. "If I don't wash you," Jesus told him, "you don't really belong to me."

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But Jacob said, "I won't let my son Benjamin go down to Egypt with the rest of you. His brother is already dead, and he is the only son I have left. I am an old man, and if anything happens to him on the way, I'll die from sorrow, and all of you will be to blame."

A troublemaker from the tribe of Benjamin was there. His name was Sheba the son of Bichri, and he blew a trumpet to get everyone's attention. Then he said, "People of Israel, David the son of Jesse doesn't belong to us! Let's go home."

Wash me clean from all of my sin and guilt.

Wash me with hyssop until I am clean and whiter than snow.

after the LORD sends a fiery judgment to clean the city and its people of their violent deeds.

I will sprinkle you with clean water, and you will be clean and acceptable to me. I will wash away everything that makes you unclean, and I will remove your disgusting idols.

In the future there will be a fountain, where David's descendants and the people of Jerusalem can wash away their sin and guilt.

Peter took Jesus aside and told him to stop talking like that. He said, "God would never let this happen to you, Lord!"

His son told him that he would not do it, but later he changed his mind and went.

Peter spoke up, "Even if all the others reject you, I never will!"

But Peter said, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never say I don't know you." All the others said the same thing.

But when he came to Simon Peter, that disciple asked, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?"

Peter said, "Lord, don't wash just my feet. Wash my hands and my head."

Jesus answered: I tell you for certain that before you can get into God's kingdom, you must be born not only by water, but by the Spirit.

What are you waiting for? Get up! Be baptized, and wash away your sins by praying to the Lord."

Some of you used to be like that. But now the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the power of God's Spirit have washed you and made you holy and acceptable to God.

He made the church holy by the power of his word, and he made it pure by washing it with water.

Don't be cheated by people who make a show of acting humble and who worship angels. They brag about seeing visions. But it is all nonsense, because their minds are filled with selfish desires.

Obeying these rules may seem to be the smart thing to do. They appear to make you love God more and to be very humble and to have control over your body. But they don't really have any power over our desires.

He saved us because of his mercy, and not because of any good things that we have done. God washed us by the power of the Holy Spirit. He gave us new birth and a fresh beginning.

So let's come near God with pure hearts and a confidence that comes from having faith. Let's keep our hearts pure, our consciences free from evil, and our bodies washed with clean water.

May kindness and peace be yours from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness. Jesus was the first to conquer death, and he is the ruler of all earthly kings. Christ loves us, and by his blood he set us free from our sins.

"Sir," I answered, "you must know." Then he told me: "These are the ones who have gone through the great suffering. They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and have made them white.




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