Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!”
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
let us draw near 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.
So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.”
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil, that you may be saved. How long shall your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O Lord,
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