No soap can wash away my sins.

None of us can see our own errors; deliver me, LORD, from hidden faults!

LORD, I wash my hands to show that I am innocent and march in worship around your altar.

Wash away all my evil and make me clean from my sin!

Remove my sin, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Spare my life, O God, and save me, and I will gladly proclaim your righteousness.

Is it for nothing, then, that I have kept myself pure and have not committed sin?

Even if you washed with the strongest soap, I would still see the stain of your guilt.

When Pilate saw that it was no use to go on, but that a riot might break out, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, "I am not responsible for the death of this man! This is your doing!"

The whole crowd answered, "Let the responsibility for his death fall on us and on our children!"

since they have to do only with food, drink, and various purification ceremonies. These are all outward rules, which apply only until the time when God will establish the new order.