Hebrews 7 Cross References - MNT

¹ It was this Melchizedek, King of Salem and Priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him; ² and it was to him that Abraham apportioned a tithe of all the spoil. He was first, as his name signifies, King of righteousness, and then King of Salem, that is, King of Peace; ³ without father or mother, without lineage, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest in perpetuity. ⁴ But observe how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the Patriarch, gave a tenth part of the spoils. ⁵ Now those of the sons of Levi who are appointed to the priesthood, are authorized by the Law to take tithes of the people, that is, of their brothers, and that too, although these are descended from Abraham. ⁶ But this man who had no Levitical genealogy actually took tithes of Abraham, and blessed him to whom the promises belong. ⁷ Now it is beyond all controversy that the inferior is always blessed by the superior. ⁸ Again it is mortal men who receive tithes in the one case; while in the other it is he of whom it is attested, "He lives." ⁹ And even Levi, who is the receiver of tithes, so to speak, paid tithes through Abraham; ¹⁰ for Levi was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met Abraham. ¹¹ Now if there were perfection through the Levitical priesthood, (and it was under it that the people received the Law) why was it still necessary for another kind of priest to arise, after the order of Melchizedek, instead of being reckoned according to the order of Aaron? ¹² For when the priesthood changes, of necessity the law also changes. ¹³ He who is thus described belonged to another tribe, not one member of which has ever served at the altar. ¹⁴ For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe of which Moses said nothing concerning the priesthood. ¹⁵ And this is yet more abundantly clear if, after the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another Priest, ¹⁶ who has become such, not according to the law of a transitory enactment, but according to the energy of an indissoluble life. ¹⁷ For the words are in evidence, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. ¹⁸ For there is a setting aside of a foregoing commandment, because of its weakness and unprofitableness ¹⁹ (for the Law brought nothing to perfection); and there is the bringing in of a better hope by which we draw near to God; ²⁰ mightier because it was not promised apart from an oath. ²¹ For although those priests became such without an oath, He had an oath form God who said to him, The Lord hath sworn and will not change, Thou art a priest forever. ²² And by so much Jesus becomes the guarantor of a better covenant. ²³ And they indeed have been made priests, many in number, because they have been prevented by death from continuing; ²⁴ but he, because of his abiding forever, holds his priesthood inviolable. ²⁵ Hence also he is able to continue saving to the uttermost those who are ever drawing near to God through him, seeing that he is ever living to intercede for them. ²⁶ For we needed just such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens; ²⁷ one who has no need, like the high priests, to offer up daily sacrifices, first for his own sins, then for those of the people. For his sacrifice was made once for all, when he offered up himself. ²⁸ For the Law appoints human beings to be high priests, men with all their weakness; but the word of the oath, which was later than the Law, appoints a Son, perfected forevermore.

³ Judah (by Tamar), of Perez and Zerah; Perez, of Hezron; Hezron, of Ram; ⁴ Ram, of Amminadab; Amminadab, of Nahshon; Nahshon, of Salmon; ⁵ Salmon (by Rahab), of Boaz; Boaz (by Ruth), of Obed; Obed, of Jesse; ⁶ And Jesse, of David the king. David (by Uriah's widow), was the father of Solomon; ⁷ Solomon, of Rehoboam; Rehoboam, of Abijah; Abijah, of Asa; ⁸ Asa, of Jehoshaphat; Jehoshaphat, of Joram; Joram, of Uzziah; ⁹ Uzziah, of Jotham; Jotham, of Ahaz; Ahaz, of Hezekiah; ¹⁰ Hezekiah, of Manasseh; Manasseh, of Amon; Amon, of Josiah; ¹¹ Josiah, of Jechoniah and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away to Babylon. ¹² And after the carrying away into Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel; Shealtiel, of Zerubbabel; ¹³ Zerubbabel, of Abiud; Abiud, of Eliakim; Eliakim, of Azor; ¹⁴ Azor, of Sadoc; Sadoc, of Achim; Achim, of Eliud; ¹⁵ Eliud, of Eleazar; Eleazar, of Matthan; Matthan, of Jacob; ¹⁶ And Jacob, of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

³ So the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, bid these stones to become bread."

²⁸ "Drink from it, all of you; for this is my blood of the Covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

¹⁸ He knew well that it was because of enmity that they had brought Jesus before him.

⁷ and with a shriek he cried out in a loud voice. "Jesus, son of God most high, what business have you with me? I adjure you by God, torment me not!"

²⁴ and he said: "This is my covenant blood, which is poured out for many.

¹⁹ So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

³⁵ "The Holy Spirit shall come upon you," said the angel, "and the power of the most High shall overshadow you, and therefore the holy offspring which is born, shall be called the son of God.

⁴³ "But why is this honor done me, that the mother of my Lord should come me?

¹⁴ "Glory to God in the highest, And in earth peace among men who please him"

²³ as it is written in the law of Moses, Every firstborn male shall be called holy to the Lord. ²⁴ And they also offered a sacrifice as commanded in the Law of the Lord A pair of turtle-doves or two young pigeons. ²⁵ Now there was in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon. He was righteous and devout, and was waiting for the consolation of Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him. ²⁶ Now it has been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. ²⁷ And he came into the Temple, led by the Spirit. and when his parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law, ²⁸ he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, ²⁹ "Now lettest thou thy slave depart, O Master; according to thy word in peace, ³⁰ "Because my eyes had seen the salvation, ³¹ "Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples; ³² "A light for the unveiling of the Gentiles And the glory of thy people Israel." ³³ And while his father and mother were marveling at the words that were spoken concerning him, Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother.

³³ son of Amminadab, son of Admin, son of Arni, son of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah,

³² "Go, tell that fox," he answered, "'Lo, today and tomorrow I am continuing to cast out demons and perform cures, and on the third day I finish my course.'

²⁰ He gave them a cup in like manner, after supper saying. "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, poured out for your sake.

²² For the third time he appealed to them. "But what crime has he committed? I have found in him nothing that deserves death. I will therefore flog him, and let him go."

⁴¹ "We indeed justly, for we are receiving due retribution for what we have done. But he has done no wrong."

⁴⁷ When the army captain saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "This man was really innocent!"

²⁶ "Behooved it not the Christ to suffer thus, and then to enter into his glory?"

⁴⁶ and he said: "Thus it is written that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead, the third day;

⁵⁰ And he led them out until they were over against Bethany; and he lifted up his hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ And it happened that while he was blessing them, that he parted from them and was carried into heaven.

¹⁷ For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

³⁷ "And the Father who sent me has himself borne testimony concerning me. None of you has heard his at any time or seen him, ³⁸ nor had his word dwelling within you, because you do not believe him whom he sent. ³⁹ "You are searching the Scriptures because you suppose that in tem you have eternal life; and though these are they that bear witness concerning me, ⁴⁰ "you will not come to me that you may have life.

²⁹ "and he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I do always the things that please him."

²⁹ "My Father who has given them to me is stronger than all, and no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. ³⁰ "I and my Father are one."

²⁵ "I am the resurrection and the life," said Jesus. "He who believes in me, even if he has died, shall live. ²⁶ And every one who is living and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

³⁴ Then the people answered. "We have heard out of the Law that the Christ abides forever. What do you mean by 'The Son of man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of man?"

⁶ Jesus answered him. "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man ever comes to the Father but by me.

¹³ "And whatever' you ask in my name I will do; that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

¹⁶ "and I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Comforter to be with you forever, the Spirit of Truth.

¹⁹ "Yet a little while and the world shall see me no more, but you shall see me; because I live, you, too, shall live.

³⁰ "I shall not talk with you much more, for the Prince of this world is coming.

²³ And in that day you will ask me no questions. "Most solemnly I tell you that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you. ²⁴ Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.

⁹ "I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine, ¹⁰ and all thine are mine, and mine are thine; and I am glorified in them. ¹¹ I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own Name these whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one. ¹² While I was with them I kept them by the power of thy name which thou hast given me. I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ "But now I am coming to thee, and I am speaking these things while I am in the world, so that they may have my joy in all its fulness in themselves. ¹⁴ I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. ¹⁵ I am not asking that thou wilt take them out of the world, but that thou wilt protect them from the Evil One. ¹⁶ They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. ¹⁷ Dedicate them in thy truth; thy word is truth. ¹⁸ As thou hast sent me into the world, even so I also have sent them into the world. ¹⁹ And for their sakes I dedicate myself, that they also may be thoroughly dedicated in the truth. ²⁰ "Nor do I pray for them alone, but for those also who believe in me through their word, ²¹ that they may all be one, even as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee; that they also may be in us; in order that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. ²² And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one even as we are one, ²³ I in them and thou in me; that they may be made perfectly one, so that the world may recognize that thou didst send me, and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. ²⁴ "Father, it is my will that wherever I am these also, thy gift to me, may be with me, that they may see the glory, my glory which thou hast given me, because thou didst love me before the foundations of the world. ²⁵ O righteous Father, though the world knew thee not, I have known thee, and these have known that though didst send me. ²⁶ And I have declared—and will declare—thy name unto them, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and that I may be in them."

³⁰ Then after he had taken the vinegar, Jesus said, "IT IS FINISHED!" And bowing his head, he yielded up his spirit.

¹³ They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She answered, "Because they have taken away my Master, and I do not know where they have laid him."

²⁸ Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"

²⁹ "Men and brothers, I can speak plainly to you concerning the patriarch David, because he not only died and was buried, but his tomb is among us even to this very day.

¹⁴ "but you disowned the holy and righteous One, and asked as a favor the release of a murderer.

²⁵ "You are the sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, "And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

²⁷ "In this very city they did gather together against thy holy Servant, Jesus whom thou hast anointed—Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and also the tribes of Israel—

¹³ They also set up false witnesses who testified. "This fellow is continually talking against the Holy Place and against the law. ¹⁴ "For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which were handed down to us by Moses."

⁸ "Then he gave him a covenant of circumcision, and under this covenant he became the father of Isaac, whom he circumcised on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve Patriarchs. ⁹ "The patriarchs out of jealousy sold Joseph into Egypt.

³⁹ "and that by him every one that believes is justified from all things from which you could never be justified by the law of Moses.

¹⁷ She used to follow after Paul and us, crying out again and again, "These men are servants of the most high God, who proclaimed to you the way of salvation."

³ this gospel is concerning his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was born of David's posterity in respect of his bodily nature,

³ Very well; and do you suppose, you who judge those that practise such vices, and are doing the very same, that you will elude the judgment of God?

²⁰ For no man will be justified in God's sight by works of the Law; for through the Law comes the consciousness of sin. ²¹ But now, quite apart from any law, a righteousness coming from God has been fully brought to light, continually witnessed to by the Law and the Prophets.

²⁶ I say, at this present time; that he himself might be just, and yet the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.

³¹ Do we then render law invalid through faith? Certainly not; on the contrary we make it stand.

¹¹ and he received circumcision as a sign, a seal of the faith-righteousness which he had while he was in uncircumcision; in order that he might be the father of all who believe, even though they are uncircumcised; so that righteousness might be imputed to them. ¹² He is the father of circumcision to those who are not merely circumcised, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham which he held while he was as yet uncircumcised. ¹³ For the promise that he should be heir of the world did not come to Abraham or to his posterity through law, but through faith-righteousness.

¹³ For the promise that he should be heir of the world did not come to Abraham or to his posterity through law, but through faith-righteousness.

¹⁷ as it is written, I have made you a father of many nations. ¹⁸ For Abraham, hoping against hope, had faith to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, So numberless shall your descendants be.

¹ Since we stand justified as the result of faith, let us continue to enjoy the peace we have with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. ² Through him also we have had our access into this grace in which we have taken our stand, and are exulting in hope of the glory of God.

² Through him also we have had our access into this grace in which we have taken our stand, and are exulting in hope of the glory of God.

¹² Thus, then, sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death and so death spread to all men, because all had sinned.

⁹ knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more; death has no more dominion over him. ¹⁰ For the death that he died, he died unto sin once for all; but the life that he lives he is living unto God.

³ For God has done what the Law could not do, weakened as it was by flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and on account of sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

³⁴ Who is there to condemn them? Will Christ who died? Yes, and who rose from the dead, The Christ who is also at the right hand of God, And is interceding for us?

⁴ For they are Israelites; to them belong the sonship, the Shekinah glory, the covenants, the giving of the Law; the service of the temple, and the promises;

²⁵ In the same way also, he took the cup after supper, saying. "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in memory of me."

²¹ Him who knew no sin, in our behalf he has made to be sin; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

¹⁴ The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

¹⁶ "yet because we know that no man is justified by the works of the Law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, we ourselves also have put our faith in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the Law; for "By the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified."

²¹ I do not annul the grace of God; for if righteousness comes by way of the Law, then indeed Christ died Christ for nothing.

¹⁵ Let me illustrate, brothers, from every-day life. When once a human testament is made, and formally ratified, no one sets it aside or adds to it. ¹⁶ Now it was to Abraham that the promises were spoken, and to his offspring. God did not say, "offsprings" as if speaking of many, but "and to your offspring," as of one; and this is Christ. ¹⁷ I mean to say that the testament which God has already ratified could not be annulled by the Law which came four hundred and thirty years later, so as to make the Promise void.

²⁴ So the Law has been our tutor-slave our pedagogue to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith;

²⁸ In him there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ And if you belong to Christ, then you are the descendants of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.

³ So we Jews also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the empty externalities of the world.

⁹ Now, however, when you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you are beginning to turn back to those weak and beggarly externalities, eager to be in bondage to them again?

²¹ Tell me, you who wish to be subject to the Law, why do you not listen to the Law?

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

²⁰ which he exercised in raising Christ from the dead, and in seating him at his right hand in the heavenly heights, ²¹ far above all hierarchies and authorities and powers and dominions and every name that is named, not only in this age but in that which is to come. ²² God has put all things under Christ's feet, and placed him as Head over all in the church,

¹³ But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near in the blood of Christ. ¹⁴ For he is our Peace, who has made the two of us Jew and Gentile one, and has broken down the party-wall of partition between us. ¹⁵ In his own body he abolished the cause of our enmity, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, in order to make the two into one new man in himself, so making peace. ¹⁶ Thus he reconciled us both in one body to God by his cross, on which he slew our enmity. ¹⁷ So he came preaching "Peace" to you Gentiles who were afar off, and "Peace" to us Jews who were near; ¹⁸ because it is through him that we both have access in one spirit to the Father.

¹⁸ because it is through him that we both have access in one spirit to the Father.

²² and in him you, too, are continuously built together for a dwelling-place of God through his Spirit.

¹² In him we have this fearless confidence and boldness of access through our faith in him.

²⁰ Now unto him who, according to his might that is at work within us, is able to do infinitely more than all we ask or even think,

⁸ Thus it is said, When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts to men. ⁹ Now surely this "he ascended" implies that he also descended into the lower part of the earth. ¹⁰ He who descended is he who ascended above the highest heaven, that he might fill the universe.

² and to lead lives of love, just as Christ also loved you and gave himself up for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for "an odor of sweetness."

⁹ And for this God highly exalted him, and graciously bestowed upon him the name which is above every name; ¹⁰ that in the name of Jesus every knee in heaven, on earth, and under the earth should bend, ¹¹ and every tongue confess that "Jesus Christ is Lord," to the glory of God the Father.

⁸ In very truth I count all things but loss compared to the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and esteem them but refuse that I may gain Christ,

²¹ who will change the fashion of the body of our abasement into the likeness of his glorious body by the energy with which he is able even to subject all things to himself.

²⁷ To them God willed to make known among the Gentiles how glorious are the riches of that secret truth, which is "Christ in you, the hope of glory."

¹⁰ and in him you have your fulness, and he is the Lord of all the principalities and powers. ¹¹ In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands; even in putting off your sensual nature in Christ's own circumcision, ¹² when you were buried with him in baptism. In baptism also you were raised with him, through your faith in the energy of that God who raised him from the dead. ¹³ And you also, at one time dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sensual nature, he has made alive together with himself. For he forgave us all our transgressions, ¹⁴ blotted out the handwriting of ordinances that stood against us and was hostile to us, and took it out of our way, nailing it to his cross.

¹⁴ blotted out the handwriting of ordinances that stood against us and was hostile to us, and took it out of our way, nailing it to his cross. ¹⁵ Principalities and powers he disarmed, and openly displayed them as his trophies, when he triumphed over them in the cross. ¹⁶ Therefore do not permit any one to sit in judgment on you in regard to what you may eat or drink, or in regard to feast-days or new moons or sabbaths. ¹⁷ These were a shadow of things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.

²⁰ If you died with Christ to the world's rudimentary notions, why, as if you still lived in the world, do you submit yourselves to dogmatisms found on teachings and doctrines of men—

¹ Paul, and apostle of Jesus Christ by command of God our Saviour and Jesus Christ our Hope,

⁵ For God is one; and one is mediator between God and man, the Man Christ Jesus,

¹⁶ Yes! without contradiction, great is the mystery of godliness!

⁸ For physical training is of some small service, but godliness is of service in everything; since it carries with it a promise of life, both here and hereafter.

¹² But I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have fully believed, and I am thoroughly persuaded that he is able to keep what I have given him until the Day.

¹⁴ He gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity, and to purify unto himself a people zealous of good works."

² has at the end of these days spoken to us in a Son whom he appointed heir of all things; through whom also he made the universe. ³ He being an emanation of God's glory and stamp of his substance, and upholding the universe by the utterances of his power, after by himself making purification of our sins, has taken his seat on the right hand of the Majesty on High.

¹⁰ For it befitted him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the Pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

¹⁸ For inasmuch as he himself has suffered, being tempted, he is also able instantly to succor those who are tempted, he is also able instantly to succor those who are tempted.

⁶ but Christ as a Son in his own house; and we are that house, if we retain the cheerful courage and pride of our hope firm unto the end.

¹⁶ For who were they that heard and yet provoked him? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under the leadership of Moses?

¹⁴ Inasmuch, then, as we have a great High Priest, Jesus, the Son of God, who has passed through the heavens, let us hold fast our confession of faith.

¹⁴ Inasmuch, then, as we have a great High Priest, Jesus, the Son of God, who has passed through the heavens, let us hold fast our confession of faith. ¹⁵ For we have not a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin. ¹⁶ Let us, then, draw near with glad boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace to help us in our times of need.

¹ For every high priest chosen from time to time from among men is appointed on behalf of men, in matters relating to God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices on behalf of sins.

¹ For every high priest chosen from time to time from among men is appointed on behalf of men, in matters relating to God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices on behalf of sins. ² He is able to deal gently with the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is encompassed with moral weakness, ³ and because of this weakness he is bound to offer sin-offerings not only for the people, but also for himself. ⁴ Again no one takes this honorable office for himself, but he is called by God, just as Aaron was. ⁵ So even the Christ was not raised to the high glory of the priesthood by himself, but on the contrary by Him who said to him. Thou art my Son; this day have I become thy Father; ⁶ and again, Thou art a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek. ⁷ In the days of his flesh, with better cries and weeping Jesus offered up prayers and supplications to Him who was able to save him out of death; and he was heard because of his devout submission. ⁸ Though he was a son, yet learned he obedience through the things which he suffered; ⁹ and by being thus made perfect, he became the source of enduring salvation to all who obey him, ¹⁰ while God himself pronounced him High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

¹³ For when God make the promise to Abraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself, saying. ¹⁴ Surely I will bless you, and bless you; I will increase you, and increase you. ¹⁵ And so by patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the promise. ¹⁶ I am referring to the oath because men swear by what is greater than themselves, and in every dispute of theirs the oath is final for confirmation. ¹⁷ On which principle God, wishing to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his purpose, mediated with an oath; ¹⁸ that by means of two immutable things—his promise and his oath—in which it is impossible for God to break faith, we refugees may have strong encouragement to grasp the hope set before us.

¹⁸ that by means of two immutable things—his promise and his oath—in which it is impossible for God to break faith, we refugees may have strong encouragement to grasp the hope set before us.

²⁰ whither Jesus himself is entered as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.

¹ It was this Melchizedek, King of Salem and Priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him;

³ without father or mother, without lineage, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest in perpetuity.

³ without father or mother, without lineage, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest in perpetuity. ⁴ But observe how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the Patriarch, gave a tenth part of the spoils.

⁴ But observe how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the Patriarch, gave a tenth part of the spoils. ⁵ Now those of the sons of Levi who are appointed to the priesthood, are authorized by the Law to take tithes of the people, that is, of their brothers, and that too, although these are descended from Abraham. ⁶ But this man who had no Levitical genealogy actually took tithes of Abraham, and blessed him to whom the promises belong.

⁸ Again it is mortal men who receive tithes in the one case; while in the other it is he of whom it is attested, "He lives."

⁸ Again it is mortal men who receive tithes in the one case; while in the other it is he of whom it is attested, "He lives." ⁹ And even Levi, who is the receiver of tithes, so to speak, paid tithes through Abraham; ¹⁰ for Levi was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met Abraham.

¹⁰ for Levi was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met Abraham. ¹¹ Now if there were perfection through the Levitical priesthood, (and it was under it that the people received the Law) why was it still necessary for another kind of priest to arise, after the order of Melchizedek, instead of being reckoned according to the order of Aaron?

¹¹ Now if there were perfection through the Levitical priesthood, (and it was under it that the people received the Law) why was it still necessary for another kind of priest to arise, after the order of Melchizedek, instead of being reckoned according to the order of Aaron?

¹¹ Now if there were perfection through the Levitical priesthood, (and it was under it that the people received the Law) why was it still necessary for another kind of priest to arise, after the order of Melchizedek, instead of being reckoned according to the order of Aaron? ¹² For when the priesthood changes, of necessity the law also changes.

¹² For when the priesthood changes, of necessity the law also changes. ¹³ He who is thus described belonged to another tribe, not one member of which has ever served at the altar. ¹⁴ For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe of which Moses said nothing concerning the priesthood.

¹⁴ For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe of which Moses said nothing concerning the priesthood. ¹⁵ And this is yet more abundantly clear if, after the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another Priest,

¹⁵ And this is yet more abundantly clear if, after the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another Priest, ¹⁶ who has become such, not according to the law of a transitory enactment, but according to the energy of an indissoluble life.

¹⁶ who has become such, not according to the law of a transitory enactment, but according to the energy of an indissoluble life. ¹⁷ For the words are in evidence, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

¹⁷ For the words are in evidence, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

¹⁷ For the words are in evidence, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

¹⁷ For the words are in evidence, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. ¹⁸ For there is a setting aside of a foregoing commandment, because of its weakness and unprofitableness

¹⁸ For there is a setting aside of a foregoing commandment, because of its weakness and unprofitableness

¹⁸ For there is a setting aside of a foregoing commandment, because of its weakness and unprofitableness ¹⁹ (for the Law brought nothing to perfection); and there is the bringing in of a better hope by which we draw near to God;

¹⁹ (for the Law brought nothing to perfection); and there is the bringing in of a better hope by which we draw near to God;

¹⁹ (for the Law brought nothing to perfection); and there is the bringing in of a better hope by which we draw near to God;

¹⁹ (for the Law brought nothing to perfection); and there is the bringing in of a better hope by which we draw near to God; ²⁰ mightier because it was not promised apart from an oath.

²⁰ mightier because it was not promised apart from an oath. ²¹ For although those priests became such without an oath, He had an oath form God who said to him, The Lord hath sworn and will not change, Thou art a priest forever.

²¹ For although those priests became such without an oath, He had an oath form God who said to him, The Lord hath sworn and will not change, Thou art a priest forever.

²¹ For although those priests became such without an oath, He had an oath form God who said to him, The Lord hath sworn and will not change, Thou art a priest forever. ²² And by so much Jesus becomes the guarantor of a better covenant. ²³ And they indeed have been made priests, many in number, because they have been prevented by death from continuing;

²³ And they indeed have been made priests, many in number, because they have been prevented by death from continuing;

²³ And they indeed have been made priests, many in number, because they have been prevented by death from continuing; ²⁴ but he, because of his abiding forever, holds his priesthood inviolable.

²⁴ but he, because of his abiding forever, holds his priesthood inviolable.

²⁴ but he, because of his abiding forever, holds his priesthood inviolable. ²⁵ Hence also he is able to continue saving to the uttermost those who are ever drawing near to God through him, seeing that he is ever living to intercede for them.

²⁵ Hence also he is able to continue saving to the uttermost those who are ever drawing near to God through him, seeing that he is ever living to intercede for them.

²⁵ Hence also he is able to continue saving to the uttermost those who are ever drawing near to God through him, seeing that he is ever living to intercede for them. ²⁶ For we needed just such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens; ²⁷ one who has no need, like the high priests, to offer up daily sacrifices, first for his own sins, then for those of the people. For his sacrifice was made once for all, when he offered up himself. ²⁸ For the Law appoints human beings to be high priests, men with all their weakness; but the word of the oath, which was later than the Law, appoints a Son, perfected forevermore.

²⁸ For the Law appoints human beings to be high priests, men with all their weakness; but the word of the oath, which was later than the Law, appoints a Son, perfected forevermore.

¹ The pith of all that we have been saying is this; we do have such a High Priest; and he has taken his seat on the right hand of the throne of Majesty in the heavens,

⁶ But Jesus has obtained a better ministry, by so much as he is also Mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted upon better promises.

⁶ But Jesus has obtained a better ministry, by so much as he is also Mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted upon better promises. ⁷ For if the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second.

⁷ For if the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second.

⁷ For if the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second. ⁸ But finding fault with them, He says. "There are days coming," says the Lord, "When I will establish with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant;

⁸ But finding fault with them, He says. "There are days coming," says the Lord, "When I will establish with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah a new covenant; ⁹ Not according tot he covenant which I made with their forefathers, On the day when I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they did not continue in my covenant, And therefore I disregarded them," says the Lord.

⁹ Not according tot he covenant which I made with their forefathers, On the day when I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they did not continue in my covenant, And therefore I disregarded them," says the Lord. ¹⁰ "For this is the covenant which I will covenant with the house of Israel, After these days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their minds, And upon their hearts will I write them; And I will be their God, And they shall be my people;

¹⁰ "For this is the covenant which I will covenant with the house of Israel, After these days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their minds, And upon their hearts will I write them; And I will be their God, And they shall be my people; ¹¹ And they shall not teach every man his fellow citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord; For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them.

¹¹ And they shall not teach every man his fellow citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord; For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them. ¹² For I will have mercy upon their wrong-doings, And their sins I will remember no more."

¹² For I will have mercy upon their wrong-doings, And their sins I will remember no more." ¹³ By calling the covenant "new," He has made the first one obsolete; and whatever is becoming obsolete and aged, is near to vanishing.

⁷ but into the inner tent the high priest only goes alone, once a year, and that not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the ignorances of the people.

⁹ This is a parable, for the present time, according to which gifts and sacrifices are offered that are not able, as far as conscience is concerned, to perfect the worshiper;

⁹ This is a parable, for the present time, according to which gifts and sacrifices are offered that are not able, as far as conscience is concerned, to perfect the worshiper; ¹⁰ since they consist only in meats and drinks and various ablutions, carnal ordinances, imposed until the time of reformation.

¹² not taking the blood of goats and oxen, but his own blood, and entered once for all into the Holy Place, obtaining for us an eternal redemption.

¹⁴ how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through his eternal spirit offered himself free from blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works unto the service of an ever-living God! ¹⁵ And because of this he is the Mediator of a new testament, in order that, since a death has taken place to atone for offenses committed under the first testament, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. ¹⁶ For where there is a testament, there must also be brought forward in evidence the death of the testator. ¹⁷ For a testament is only of force in case of the dead, being never valid so long as the testator lives. ¹⁸ Accordingly we find that not without blood was the first testament enacted. ¹⁹ For after every commandment according to the law had been spoken by Moses to the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people. ²⁰ saying, This is the blood of that testament which God commanded in regard to you. ²¹ Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of service he sprinkled likewise, and indeed, according to the Law, ²² almost everything is purified by blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins. ²³ While, then, it was necessary that the copies of the heavenly things should be cleansed by such sacrifices, the heavenly things themselves required nobler sacrifices than these.

²³ While, then, it was necessary that the copies of the heavenly things should be cleansed by such sacrifices, the heavenly things themselves required nobler sacrifices than these. ²⁴ For it was not into a Sanctuary made by hands, a mere type of the reality, that Christ entered, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the very presence of God on our behalf.

²⁴ For it was not into a Sanctuary made by hands, a mere type of the reality, that Christ entered, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the very presence of God on our behalf.

²⁴ For it was not into a Sanctuary made by hands, a mere type of the reality, that Christ entered, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the very presence of God on our behalf. ²⁵ Nor did he enter to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest entered into the sanctuary, year after year, with blood that was not his own;

²⁵ Nor did he enter to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest entered into the sanctuary, year after year, with blood that was not his own;

²⁵ Nor did he enter to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest entered into the sanctuary, year after year, with blood that was not his own; ²⁶ (for in that case he would have needed to suffer repeatedly, ever since the foundation of the world;)but now, once for all, at the end of the ages, he has appeared to abolish sin, but the offering of himself. ²⁷ And since it is appointed to men once to die, and after that the judgment; ²⁸ so also the Christ, after being once for all offered to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who wait for him for salvation.

¹ For the Law, being only a shadow of the good things to come, and not their very substance, its priests cannot with the same sacrifice which year after year they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.

¹ For the Law, being only a shadow of the good things to come, and not their very substance, its priests cannot with the same sacrifice which year after year they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.

¹ For the Law, being only a shadow of the good things to come, and not their very substance, its priests cannot with the same sacrifice which year after year they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near. ² Otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered? Because the worshippers having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sin.

² Otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered? Because the worshippers having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sin. ³ But on the other hand, in these sacrifices sins are called to memory, year after year.

³ But on the other hand, in these sacrifices sins are called to memory, year after year. ⁴ For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sin.

⁴ For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sin. ⁵ It is for this reason that the Christ, on coming into the world, declared. Sacrifice and offerings thou dost not desire, But a body didst thou prepare for me; ⁶ In whole burnt offerings and sin offerings Thou hast taken no pleasure.

⁶ In whole burnt offerings and sin offerings Thou hast taken no pleasure. ⁷ Then I said, "I am come—in the roll of the book it is written of me—To do thy will, O God."

⁷ Then I said, "I am come—in the roll of the book it is written of me—To do thy will, O God." ⁸ First when it is said, Thou hast no longing for, thou takest no delight in Sacrifices and offerings, or whole burnt offerings and sin offerings,

⁸ First when it is said, Thou hast no longing for, thou takest no delight in Sacrifices and offerings, or whole burnt offerings and sin offerings, ⁹ (offerings regularly made under the law), and then it is added, Lo, I come to do thy will, he does away with the first, in order that he may establish the second.

⁹ (offerings regularly made under the law), and then it is added, Lo, I come to do thy will, he does away with the first, in order that he may establish the second. ¹⁰ And it is by this will that we have been sanctified by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. ¹¹ For while every priest stands, day after day, at his ministrations, and many times repeats the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,

¹¹ For while every priest stands, day after day, at his ministrations, and many times repeats the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins, ¹² this Priest, after offering one Sacrifice for sins, sat down forever on God's right hand;

¹² this Priest, after offering one Sacrifice for sins, sat down forever on God's right hand; ¹³ henceforth waiting until his enemies be put as the footstool of his feet. ¹⁴ For by one single offering he has perfected forever those whom he is sanctifying. ¹⁵ And the Holy Spirit also gives his testimony, when he said: ¹⁶ "This is the covenant I will make with them After those days," says the Lord. "I will set my laws upon their hearts, And I will inscribe them on their minds." ¹⁷ Then he adds, And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. ¹⁸ But when these have been remitted, there is no more any offering for sin. ¹⁹ Since, then, we have a cheerful confidence, brothers, to enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by the way which he dedicated for us, that new and living way, through the veil (that is, his flesh); ²¹ and since we have a great High Priest over the house of God; ²² let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled from and evil conscience, and our bodies bathed in pure water.

⁶ now without faith it is impossible to please him; for he who comes to God must believe that he is, and that he ever rewards those who are seeking.

¹³ These all died in faith, not having yet received the promises; nay, but they saw them from afar, and hailed them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

¹⁷ By faith Abraham, when he was put to the test, was on the point of offering up Isaac; yes, he who had received the promise was about to offer up his only son,

²⁰ By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come. ²¹ By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

⁴⁰ since it was for us that God had in store some better thing, so that apart from us they should not be perfected.

² looking unto Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured a cross, despising shame, and has now taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

²⁴ to Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant, and to his sprinkled Blood whose message cries louder than that of Abel.

⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. ⁹ Do not allow yourselves to be swept away by various and strange teachings. For it is a beautiful thing to be established in heart by grace, and not by regulations regarding food, from which those that occupied themselves with them have derived no benefit.

¹⁵ In his name, then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is the fruit of lips that confess his name.

²⁰ Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of an eternal covenant,

²³ And the Scripture was fulfilled which said, And Abraham believed God, and this was imputed to him as righteousness, and he was called God's friend.

¹⁹ but with precious blood, like that of a lamb without spot or blemish, even the blood of Christ.

²² He committed no sin, Neither was guile found in his mouth.

²² He is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; to Him angels and authorities and powers have been made subject.

¹ My children, I am writing this to you that you may not continue to sin; but if any one sin, we ever have a Comforter before the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous. ² And he is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.

² And he is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world.

⁵ And you know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.

²⁴ Now unto Him who has power to guard you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of his glory, faultless and exultant,

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying. "Fear not; I am the first and the last, and the Living One. ¹⁸ I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore; and hold the keys of death and of Hades.

¹⁸ I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore; and hold the keys of death and of Hades.

⁷ Write also to the angel of the Church in Philadelphia. These things says He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens, and no one shall shut; and who shuts, and no one opens.

⁵ But one of the Elders said to me. "Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, and so can open the book with its seven seals."

³ And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and a great quantity of incense was given him to mingle with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar, which was before the throne. ⁴ And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose up from the hand of the angel into the presence of God.

¹⁶ "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the root and offspring of David, the bright and morning Star.