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John 13:10

Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”

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ASV

Jesus saith to him, He that is bathed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.

KJV

Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.

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25 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΛέγειLegeiSaysG3004 →
αὐτῷautōto himG846 →
ὁho<the>G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς·IēsousJesus;G2424 →
ὁhoThe [one]G3588 →
λελουμένοςleloumenoshaving bathed himselfG3068 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
ἔχειecheihasG2192 →
χρείανchreianneedG5532 →
εἰeionlyG1487 →
μὴmēexceptG3361 →
τοὺςtoustheG3588 →
πόδαςpodasfeetG4228 →
νίψασθαι,nipsasthaito wash,G3538 →
ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235 →
ἔστινestinisG1510 →
καθαρὸςkatharoscleanG2513 →
ὅλος·holoswholly;G3650 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ὑμεῖςhumeisyou yourselvesG4771 →
καθαροίkatharoicleanG2513 →
ἐστεesteareG1510 →
ἀλλ᾽all᾽butG235 →
οὐχὶouchinotG3780 →
πάντες.pantesall.G3956 →

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John 15:3You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.2 Corinthians 7:1Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!Numbers 19:19–21The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.Ephesians 5:26–27to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,Leviticus 17:15–16And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.Numbers 19:12–13He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.Exodus 38:8Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.1 Thessalonians 5:23Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.Ephesians 4:22–24to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;Romans 7:20–23And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.2 Corinthians 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.Leviticus 16:26The man who released the goat as the scapegoat must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water; afterward he may reenter the camp.Leviticus 16:28The one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water, and afterward he may reenter the camp.Numbers 19:7–8Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening.1 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.Exodus 40:31and from it Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet.1 John 1:7–10But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

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