wash away the sins

We went upstairs to wash away the sins of the night before.

The lake is believed to have the power to wash away the sins of devotees.

White people are hoping he'll finally wash away the sins of segregation and slavery.

A little bit like going to church on Sunday being all the good Christian needed to do, to wash away the sins of the week.

In this festival people throw water on each other which signifies washing away the sins of one another.

It took a little imagination to believe that the cruelties he had suffered were really enough to wash away the sins of the world.

During festivities, people spray water on each other's faces to symbolise washing away the sins from the old year.

Divine grace radiating from his relics was thought to help wash away the sins of anyone who came into contact with it.

A second round, "if clean, and if done properly, basically washes away the sins of the first," he said.

A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.

In the end, Rangrong commits suicide to wash away the sins she created after she was caught.

His most famous feat was bringing down the celestial river, Ganga on earth to wash away the sins of his ancestors.

It's partly the sentimental notion that art redeems, that it washes away the sins of its creator.

To bathe in them is to wash away the sins of all past lives; to drink them redeems the sins of a hundred others.

By the grace of Thy merciful love wash away the sins that in human frailty he has committed in the conduct of his life.

Blessed John trembleth at immersing in the flood Him Who has power to wash away the sins of the universe with His blood.

As a result, says article 34, "I do believe that no other blood but the blood of the eternal God could wash away the sins of the elect."

At the feet of the crucified Jesus are two skulls and two crossed bones symbolizing that Jesus' death has washed away the sins of mankind.

In this analogy, the blood of the Lamb washed away the sins of humanity in a new baptism, redeeming it from the fall of Adam.

People continued to give him gifts, and he collected a fee for baptising Christians who wanted to wash away the sins of Christianity and return to paganism.

As the song reaches its peak, water begins to fall down the chalkboard, washing away the writing, symbolizing Christ washing away the sins of those who embrace Him.

They were the forgotten women of Ireland, kept under lock and key, forced to clean and sew, and to wash away the sins of their previous life while never being paid a penny.

THE world's biggest religious festival has concluded with nearly two million pilgrims taking a dip in an Indian holy river that washed away the sins of 120 million people in the last 60 days.

Rain and floods are expected by John, floods that will wash away the sins of the world, as at the first Flood, but in reality there is a total absence of any cleansing water.

Pilgrims gather in this courtyard to celebrate the Fandroana ceremony, during which time the sovereign historically engaged in a ritual bath to wash away the sins of the nation and restore order and harmony to society.