Now there were set there six stone waterpots, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing two or three measures each.

I indeed immerse you in water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire;

And when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault.

And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold, like the dipping of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and couches.

of the doctrine of immersion, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time when things were set right.

For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the Heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

There is also an antitype which now saves us; immersion (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,