Mark 8:23
He took him by the hand and led him outside the village, then spit in his eyes, laid His hands upon him, and asked him, "Do you see anything?"
John 3:29
It is the bridegroom who has the bride, but the bridegroom's friend, who stands outside and listens to him, is very happy to hear the bridegroom's voice. So this happiness of mine is running over.
2 Corinthians 11:2
For I feel a divine jealousy for you, as I betrothed you to Christ, to present you as a pure bride to her one husband.
Hebrews 8:9
Unlike the one that I made with their forefathers the day I took them by the hand to lead them out from the land of Egypt, for they did not abide by their covenant with me, so I did not care for them,' says the Lord.
Hebrews 9:18-22
So not even the first covenant was ratified without the use of blood.