Hebrews 10:22
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22 let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.(A)
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Ezekiel 36:25
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25 I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.(A)
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John 3:5
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5 Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.(A)
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1 Peter 3:21
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21 And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for[a] a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(A)
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- 3.21 Or a pledge to God from
Ephesians 5:26
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26 in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word,
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1 Corinthians 6:11
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11 And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ[a] and in the Spirit of our God.(A)
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- 6.11 Other ancient authorities lack Christ
Hebrews 7:19
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19 (for the law made nothing perfect); there is, on the other hand, the introduction of a better hope through which we approach God.(A)
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2 Corinthians 7:1
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7 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of flesh and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.(A)
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1 Peter 1:2
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2 who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood:
May grace and peace be yours in abundance.(A)
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Hebrews 12:24
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24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.(A)
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Titus 3:5
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5 he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water[a] of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.(A)
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- 3.5 Gk washing
James 4:8
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8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.(A)
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Hebrews 9:19
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19 For when every commandment had been told to all the people by Moses in accordance with the law, he took the blood of calves and goats,[a] with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the scroll itself and all the people,(A)
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- 9.19 Other ancient authorities lack and goats
Hebrews 4:16
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16 Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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Matthew 3:11
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11 “I baptize you with[a] water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit and fire.(A)
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Hebrews 9:13-14
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13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the sprinkling of the ashes of a heifer sanctifies those who have been defiled so that their flesh is purified,(A) 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit[a] offered himself without blemish to God, purify our[b] conscience from dead works to worship the living God!(B)
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Zechariah 13:1
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13 On that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.(A)
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Ezekiel 16:9
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9 Then I bathed you with water and washed off the blood from you and anointed you with oil.
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Leviticus 14:7
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7 He shall sprinkle it seven times upon the one who is to be cleansed of the defiling disease; then he shall pronounce him clean, and he shall let the living bird go into the open field.(A)
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Leviticus 8:6
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6 Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water.(A)
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Exodus 29:4
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4 You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.(A)
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Hebrews 11:28
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28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.[a](A)
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- 11.28 Gk would not touch them
Ephesians 3:12
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12 in whom we have access in boldness and confidence through faith in him.[a](A)
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- 3.12 Or the faith of him
John 13:8-10
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8 Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.”(A) 9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” 10 Jesus said to him, “One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet,[a] but is entirely clean. And you[b] are clean, though not all of you.”
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Psalm 119:7
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7 I will praise you with an upright heart,
when I learn your righteous ordinances.(A)
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