6 Bible Verses about Ablution
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For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat until they have ceremoniously washed their hands in obedience to the tradition of the elders;
One day the Pharisees came to him in a body with some Scribes who had come from Jerusalem. They had noticed that some of his disciples were eating with "common," that is to say, unwashed hands. For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat until they have ceremoniously washed their hands in obedience to the tradition of the elders;read more.
and when they come from the market-place they do not eat without bathing first. and they have many other customs which they have received and observe, such as the washing of cups and jugs and copper pans. So the Pharisees and Scribes asked him. "Why do your disciples not follow the traditions of the elders? Why do they eat with 'common' unwashed hands?"
So after he had washed their feet, and had put on his upper garments again, and taken his place, he said to them.
And the Pharisee noticed, to his amazement, that he did not wash his hands before eating,
of faith in God, of the teaching regarding ablutions and the laying on of hands, of the resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples and to wipe them with the towel with which he had girded himself.
From Thematic Bible
Ablution » Of the feet
Ablution » of priests
Ablution » Cleanliness » Examples of
For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat until they have ceremoniously washed their hands in obedience to the tradition of the elders;
Ablution » Of the hands, as a token of innocency
So when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that on the contrary a riot was threatening, he took water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying. "I am innocent of the blood of this man; you must answer for it."
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
And the Pharisee noticed, to his amazement, that he did not wash his hands before eating, but the Lord said to him. "You Pharisee do cleanse the outside of your cup or plate, but your secret heart is full of extortion and wickedness.
Ablution » For defilement » Bloody
Ablution » For defilement » Of lepers
Ablution » Of infants
Ablution » Of the face
Ablution » Of the dead
She, as it happened, was taken ill just at that time, and died. After washing her body, they laid it in an upper room.
