⁶ And all the responsible men of that town which is nearest to the dead man, washing their hands over the cow whose neck was broken in the valley,

¹³ As for me, I have made my heart clean to no purpose, washing my hands in righteousness;

⁶ I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;

¹⁰ Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.

²⁴ So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.

²⁵ And all the people made answer and said, Let his blood be on us, and on our children.

²² For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.

¹⁴ Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness.

⁷ Make me free from sin with hyssop: let me be washed whiter than snow.

² Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil.

¹² Who has full knowledge of his errors? make me clean from secret evil.

³⁰ If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;