Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty
I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy
instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things
And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a
You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify t
and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.