For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands,

You had thoroughly plunged me in filth, and my garment has abhorred me.

I will wash my hands in innocence, and compass Your altar, O Lord;

Wash, and be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before My eyes; cease from your iniquities;

Cleanse your heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved; how long will your grievous thoughts be within you?

And Pilate, seeing that nothing was being gained, but rather a riot was starting, taking water, he washed his hands clean in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this just [Man]. You see to it."

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that He had not first washed before the meal.

But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but the inside of you is full of greed and evil.

Now there were six stone water jars standing there, according to the purification rites of the Jews, each holding two or three measures.

Then there came to be a dispute between John's disciples and a Jew about purification.

[concerned] only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances which are imposed until a time of reformation.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded.

But if we are walking in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.