John 13:8

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Peter said, I will never let my feet be washed by you, never. Jesus said in answer, If I do not make you clean you have no part with me.

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  • 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And such were some of you; but you have been washed, you have been made holy, you have been given righteousness in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
  • Titus 3:5 : 5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,
  • Heb 10:22 : 22 Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:
  • Eph 5:26 : 26 So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,
  • Col 2:18 : 18 Let no man take your reward from you by consciously making little of himself and giving worship to angels; having his thoughts fixed on the things which he has seen, being foolishly lifted up in his natural mind,
  • Ezek 36:25 : 25 And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean.
  • Matt 16:22 : 22 And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about.
  • Acts 22:16 : 16 And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name.
  • Matt 21:29 : 29 And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.
  • Matt 26:33 : 33 But Peter made answer and said to him, Though all may be turned away from you, I will never be turned away.
  • Matt 26:35 : 35 Peter says to him, Even if I am put to death with you, I will not be false to you. So said all the disciples.
  • John 3:5 : 5 Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.
  • John 13:6 : 6 So he came to Simon Peter. Peter said, Lord, are my feet to be washed by you?
  • Zech 13:1 : 1 In that day there will be a fountain open to the family of David and to the people of Jerusalem, for sin and for that which is unclean.
  • Gen 42:38 : 38 And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.
  • Isa 4:4 : 4 When Zion has been washed from her sin by the Lord, and Jerusalem made clean from her blood by a judging and a burning wind.
  • Ezek 16:4-9 : 4 As for your birth, on the day of your birth your cord was not cut and you were not washed in water to make you clean; you were not salted or folded in linen bands. 5 No eye had pity on you to do any of these things to you or to be kind to you; but you were put out into the open country, because your life was hated at the time of your birth. 6 And when I went past you and saw you stretched out in your blood, I said to you, Though you are stretched out in your blood, have life; 7 And be increased in number like the buds of the field; and you were increased and became great, and you came to the time of love: your breasts were formed and your hair was long; but you were uncovered and without clothing. 8 Now when I went past you, looking at you, I saw that your time was the time of love; and I put my skirts over you, covering your unclothed body: and I gave you my oath and made an agreement with you, says the Lord, and you became mine. 9 Then I had you washed with water, washing away all your blood and rubbing you with oil.
  • Col 2:23 : 23 These things seem to have a sort of wisdom in self-ordered worship and making little of oneself, and being cruel to the body, not honouring it by giving it its natural use.
  • Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;
  • Rev 7:14 : 14 And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.
  • Heb 9:22-23 : 22 And by the law almost all things are made clean with blood, and without blood there is no forgiveness. 23 For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.
  • Heb 10:4-9 : 4 Because it is not possible for the blood of oxen and goats to take away sins. 5 So that when he comes into the world, he says, You had no desire for offerings, but you made a body ready for me; 6 You had no joy in burned offerings or in offerings for sin. 7 Then I said, See, I have come to do your pleasure, O God (as it is said of me in the roll of the book). 8 After saying, You had no desire for offerings, for burned offerings or offerings for sin (which are made by the law) and you had no pleasure in them, 9 Then he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place. 10 By that pleasure we have been made holy, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for ever.

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    5 Then he put water into a basin and was washing the feet of the disciples and drying them with the cloth which was round him.

    6 So he came to Simon Peter. Peter said, Lord, are my feet to be washed by you?

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    9 Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but my hands and my head.

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    11 (He had knowledge who was false to him; that is why he said, You are not all clean.)

    12 Then, after washing their feet and putting on his robe again, he took his seat and said to them, Do you see what I have done to you?

    13 You give me the name of Master and Lord: and you are right; that is what I am.

    14 If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean.

    15 I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.

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    67 So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away?

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    33 But Peter made answer and said to him, Though all may be turned away from you, I will never be turned away.

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  • 18 I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.

  • 19 Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus said in answer, You have no knowledge of me or of my Father: if you had knowledge of me you would have knowledge of my Father.

  • 8 But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.

  • 29 And he said to them, But who do you say I am? Peter said in answer, You are the Christ.

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    22 And Peter, protesting, said to him, Be it far from you, Lord; it is impossible that this will come about.

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    21 Seeing him, Peter said to Jesus, What about this man?

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  • 20 And he said to them, It is one of the twelve, one who is putting his bread with me into the same plate.

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  • 21 Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.

  • 15 Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.

  • 40 And Jesus, answering, said, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he said, Master, say on.

  • 21 When Jesus had said this he was troubled in spirit, and gave witness, saying, Truly I say to you, that one of you will be false to me.

  • 11 Then Jesus said to Peter, Put back your sword: am I not to take the cup which my Father has given to me?

  • 16 And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.