John 19:34
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34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and water came out.(A)
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1 John 5:8
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8 the Spirit and the water and the blood, and these three agree.
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1 John 5:6
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Testimony concerning the Son of God
6 This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one that testifies, for the Spirit is the truth.(A)
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Zechariah 12:10
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Mourning for the Pierced One
10 And I will pour out a spirit of compassion and supplication on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem so that, when they look on the one[a] whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly over him as one weeps over a firstborn.(A)
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- 12.10 Heb on me
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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Revelation 7:14
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14 I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(A)
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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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Titus 3:5-7
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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) 6 This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.(B)
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- 3.5 Gk washing
Revelation 1:5
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5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and freed[a] us from our sins by his blood
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- 1.5 Other ancient authorities read washed
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
Hebrews 10:19-22
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A Call to Persevere
19 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,(A) 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh),(B) 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,(C) 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.(D)
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Hebrews 9:22
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22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.(A)
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Hebrews 9:13
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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)
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