NEW TESTAMENT

John 13:5

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Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

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Verse 5. Saint Ambrose and Saint Bernard shew that this washing was mysterious, and significative of the very great purity expected of those that receive the blessed Eucharist.

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