and [when they come] from the market place,they do not eatunlessthey cleansethemselves; and there are manyotherthingswhichthey have receivedin order to observe,such as the washingof cupsand pitchersand copper pots.)
I shall washmy handsin innocence,And I will goaboutYour altar,O LORD,
"Washyourselves, makeyourselves clean;Removethe evilof your deedsfrom My sight.Ceaseto do evil,
Then I setbeforethe menof the houseof the Rechabitespitchersfullof wineand cups;and I saidto them, "Drinkwine!"
Washyour heartfrom evil,O Jerusalem,That you may be saved.Howlongwill your wickedthoughtsLodgewithinyou?
"Woeto you, scribesand Pharisees,hypocrites!For you cleanthe outsideof the cupand of the dish,but insidethey are fullof robberyand self-indulgence.
"You blindPharisee,firstcleanthe insideof the cupand of the dish,sothat the outsideof it may becomecleanalso.
When Pilatesawthat he was accomplishingnothing,but ratherthat a riotwas starting,he tookwaterand washedhis handsin frontof the crowd,saying,"I aminnocentof this Man'sblood;see[to that] yourselves."
"Neglectingthe commandmentof God,you holdto the traditionof men."
Nowthere were sixstonewaterpotssettherefor the Jewishcustom of purification,containingtwentyorthirtygallonseach.
Thereforethere arosea discussionon the part of John'sdiscipleswith a Jewaboutpurification.
since they [relate] onlyto foodand drinkand variouswashings,regulationsfor the bodyimposeduntila timeof reformation.
Drawnearto Godand He will draw nearto you. Cleanseyour hands,you sinners;and purifyyour hearts,you double-minded.
but ifwe walkin the Lightas He Himselfis in the Light,we havefellowshipwith one another,and the bloodof JesusHis Soncleansesus from allsin.
