John 3:25
Then a discussion came up between John's disciples and a Jew about purification.
John 2:6
Now in accordance with the custom of purification practiced by the Jews, six stone water jars were standing there, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
Matthew 3:11
I am baptizing you in water to picture your repentance. But He that is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not fit to carry His shoes. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire;
Mark 7:2-5
They had noticed that some of His disciples were in the habit of eating their meals without first giving their hands a ceremonial washing to make them clean.
Mark 7:8
"You give up what God has commanded,
Hebrews 6:2
of teaching about ceremonial washings and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and final judgment.
Hebrews 9:10
since they deal only with food and drink and various washings, that is, with mere material regulations which are in force only until the time of setting things straight.
Hebrews 9:13-14
For if the blood of bulls and goats and a heifer's ashes sprinkling those who are ceremonially unclean purifies them with physical cleansing,
Hebrews 9:23
So, on the one hand, the copies of the original things in heaven had to be purified with such sacrifices; but on the other hand, the original things themselves in heaven with better sacrifices than these.
1 Peter 3:21
Baptism, which corresponds to this figure, now saves you, too -- I do not mean the mere removal of physical stains, but the craving for a clear conscience toward God -- through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,