John 11:55

Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.

and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.

Therefore tell them: Yahweh of Armies says: ‘Return to me,’ says Yahweh of Armies, ‘and I will return to you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

From the days of your fathers you have turned away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of Armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.

I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.

Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.”

He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.

Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?

He said, “Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.” ’ ”

Therefore a dispute arose on the part of John’s disciples with some Jews about purification.

Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”

He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer.

let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”

Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.

Moses said to his father-in-law, “Because the people come to me to inquire of God.

The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.

“Say to the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, and you will eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt.” Therefore Yahweh will give you meat, and you will eat.

They stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying,

For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.

Surely I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence,

Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.

Jesus answered them, “The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

I came from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.”

Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went out, and said to them, “Who are you looking for?”

that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.”

Then Paul took the men, and the next day purified himself and went with them into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.

When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

Examine your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know about your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

But let each man examine his own work, and then he will have reason to boast in himself, and not in someone else.

Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet in it.

Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord Yahweh, the God of Israel.

Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening.

“Command the children of Israel that they put out of the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is unclean by a corpse.

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head.

“He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

“Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

Three times in a year all of your males shall appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he chooses: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths. They shall not appear before Yahweh empty.

Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you.”

Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”

The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

You came near in the day that I called on you. You said, “Don’t be afraid.”

though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness,” says the Lord Yahweh.

Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.

“Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by its fruit.

He left them, and went out of the city to Bethany, and camped there.

“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified.”

Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, “Sleep on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”

Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does that have to do with you and me? My hour has not yet come.”

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did.

saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!”

Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

being only (with meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

Yahweh said to Moses, “Go to the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments,

The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.

There were certain men, who were unclean because of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.

You shall roast and eat it in the place which Yahweh your God chooses. In the morning you shall return to your tents.

He said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.

I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, Yahweh,

When Jesus had finished all these words, he said to his disciples,

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread, and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might seize him by deception, and kill him.

His parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover.

Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews’ way of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.

After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his time had come that he would depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn’t enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

Take them and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law.

amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob, nor with turmoil.

But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.