Jesus the Great High Priest
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Since then we have d a great high priest e who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, f let us hold fast our confession.
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For we do not have a high priest g who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been d tempted as we are, h yet without sin.
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i Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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For every high priest chosen from among men j is appointed to act on behalf of men k in relation to God, l to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
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m He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself n is beset with weakness.
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Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins o just as he does for those of the people.
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And p no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, q just as Aaron was.
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So also Christ r did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him,
s "You are my Son,
today I have begotten you";
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as he says also in another place,
t "You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek."
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In the days of his flesh, u Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, v with loud cries and tears, to him w who was able to save him from death, and x he was heard because of his reverence.
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Although y he was a son, z he learned obedience through what he suffered.
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And a being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
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being designated by God a high priest b after the order of Melchizedek.
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Hebrews 2:17 - 18
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 10:21
And since we have a great priest over the house of God.
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Ephesians 4:10
He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
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Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
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Hebrews 5:2
He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness.
Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
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Hebrews 4:14
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
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Hebrews 9:28
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1 Peter 2:22
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1 John 3:5
You know that he appeared to take away sins, an...
Hebrews 7:26
For it was indeed fitting that we should have s...
John 8:46
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John 14:30
I will no longer talk much with you, for the ru...
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Hebrews 10:19
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus.
Ephesians 3:12
In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.
Hebrews 7:19
(for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
Hebrews 7:25
Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
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Hebrews 8:3
For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.
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Hebrews 2:17
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
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Hebrews 8:3 - 4
For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.
Hebrews 9:9
(which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper.
Hebrews 10:11
And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
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Hebrews 2:18
For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
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Hebrews 7:28
For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.
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Hebrews 7:27
He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.
Hebrews 9:7
But into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people.
Leviticus 4:3
If it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then he shall offer for the sin that he has committed a bull from the herd without blemish to the Lord for a sin offering.
Leviticus 9:7
Then Moses said to Aaron, "Draw near to the altar and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering and make atonement for yourself and for the people, and bring the offering of the people and make atonement for them, as the Lord has commanded.
Leviticus 16:6
Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering for himself and shall make atonement for himself and for his house.
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Numbers 16:5
And he said to Korah and all his company, "In the morning the Lord will show who is his, and who is holy, and will bring him near to him. The one whom he chooses he will bring near to him.
Numbers 16:40
To be a reminder to the people of Israel, so that no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the Lord, lest he become like Korah and his company - as the Lord said to him through Moses.
Numbers 18:7
And you and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift, and any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
2 Chronicles 26:18
And they withstood King Uzziah and said to him, "It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have done wrong, and it will bring you no honor from the Lord God.
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Exodus 28:1
Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests - Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
1 Chronicles 23:13
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart to dedicate the most holy things, that he and his sons forever should make offerings before the Lord and minister to him and pronounce blessings in his name forever.
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John 8:54
Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, 'He is our God.
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Hebrews 1:5
For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"? Or again, "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"?
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Psalms 2:7
I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you.
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Hebrews 7:17
For it is witnessed of him, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 7:21
But this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him: "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever.'
Psalms 110:4
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
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Psalms 110:4
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, "You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
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Matthew 26:39
And going a little farther he fell on his face ...
Matthew 26:44
So, leaving them again, he went away and prayed...
Mark 14:36
And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are poss...
Mark 14:39
And again he went away and prayed, saying the s...
Luke 22:41
And he withdrew from them about a stone's throw...
Luke 22:44
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly;...
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Psalms 22:1 - 2
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why a...
Matthew 27:46
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a...
Matthew 27:50
And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and...
Mark 15:34
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud v...
Mark 15:37
And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his l...
Luke 23:46
Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said...
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Mark 14:36
And he said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.
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Psalms 22:24
For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, and he has not hidden his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.
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Hebrews 1:2
But in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
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Philippians 2:8
And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
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Hebrews 2:10
For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.
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Hebrews 5:6
As he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 6:20
Where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
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