6 Bible Verses about Ablution
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(The Pharisees and all the Jews decline to eat till they wash their hands up to the wrist, in obedience to the tradition of the elders;
Now the Pharisees gathered to meet him, with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem. They noticed that some of his disciples ate their food with 'common' (that is, unwashed) hands. (The Pharisees and all the Jews decline to eat till they wash their hands up to the wrist, in obedience to the tradition of the elders;read more.
they decline to eat what comes from the market till they have washed it; and they have a number of other traditions to keep about washing cups and jugs and basins [and beds].) Then the Pharisees and scribes put this question to him, "Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders? Why do they take their food with 'common' hands?"
Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe, he lay down again. "Do you know," he said to them, "what I have been doing to you?
The Pharisee was astonished to see that he had not washed before the meal,
with instruction about ablutions and the laying on of hands, about the resurrection of the dead and eternal punishment.
then poured water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, wiping them with the towel he had tied round him.
From Thematic Bible
Ablution » Of the feet
Ablution » of priests
Ablution » Cleanliness » Examples of
(The Pharisees and all the Jews decline to eat till they wash their hands up to the wrist, in obedience to the tradition of the elders;
Ablution » Of the hands, as a token of innocency
Now when Pilate saw that instead of him doing any good a riot was rising, he took some water and washed his hands in presence of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this good man's blood. It is your affair!"
Ablution » Of burnt offerings
Ablution » Of the hands
Ablution » For defilement » Those having eaten that which died
Ablution » Traditional forms of, not observed by jesus
The Pharisee was astonished to see that he had not washed before the meal, but the Lord said to him, "You Pharisees do clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but your inner life is filled with rapacity and malice.
Ablution » For defilement » Bloody
Ablution » For defilement » Of lepers
Ablution » Of infants
Ablution » Of the face
Ablution » Of the dead
She happened to take ill and die at this time, and after washing her body they laid it in an upper room.
