Author’s Paraphrase
Psalm 26:6–7 I wash my hands to show my innocence as I approach your altar, O God, singing praises and telling all the wonderful things you have done.
Matthew 23:25 ow terrible for you Pharisees and teachers of the Law. Hypocrites! You wash the outside of cups and platters, but you leave the inside dirty, full of greed and wickedness.
John 13:8–10 “You are not going to wash my feet.”
“If I do not,” Jesus said, “we cannot be together.”
“In that case, do not stop with my feet. Wash my hands and my head as well.”
“Those who have bathed need only wash their feet to be clean. You are clean, but not everyone.”
King James
Psalm 26:6–7 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord: That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
Matthew 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
John 13:8–10 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet.
Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
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.
