Quotes About Purity

“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,

because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)

He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.

All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”

His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them.

When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.

and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”

“Now then,” said the Lord, “you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.

Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling there.

In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.

To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Fatherís house into a marketplace!”

Then a dispute arose between Johnís disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”

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.”

For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.”

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.

The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

ëNo, Lord,í I said, ëfor nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.í