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But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,
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“Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”
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When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is your responsibility!”
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(The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders.
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When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.)
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He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets.
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But the Pharisee was surprised when he noticed that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.
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Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.
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An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing.
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“Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
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He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”
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Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.”
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Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet
It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
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After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
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He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
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“No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”
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Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.”
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When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them.
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Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
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About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room.
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At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized.
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And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.’
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And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
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and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord’s people, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.
