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Jesus Cleanses Us

“After eight days had passed, it was time to circumcise the child; and he
was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in
the womb.When the time came for their purification according to the law of
Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it
is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male shall be designated
as holy to the Lord”), and they offered a sacrifice according to what is
stated in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.””
~Luke 2:21-24

“And during supper Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things
into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, got
up from the table,ntook off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself.
Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet
The 8th Day and to wipe them with the him, “Lord, was tied around to wash my feet?”
him.
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said
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wash
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said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!”
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does
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him,
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had
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returned to the table, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to
you? You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I
am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought
to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also
should do as I have done to you. Very truly, I tell you, servants are not
greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who
sent them. If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.”
~John 13:2b – 17