Hebrews 10:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And having a great priest over the house of God,

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 2:17 : 17 Because of this it was necessary for him to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might be a high priest full of mercy and keeping faith in everything to do with God, making offerings for the sins of the people.
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.
  • Heb 3:1 : 1 For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;
  • Heb 3:3-6 : 3 And it was right for this man to have more honour than Moses, even as the builder of a house has more honour than the house. 4 For every house has a builder; but the builder of all things is God. 5 And Moses certainly kept faith as a servant, in all his house, and as a witness of those things which were to be said later; 6 But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we keep our hearts fixed in the glad and certain hope till the end.
  • Heb 4:14-16 : 14 Having then a great high priest, who has made his way through the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us be strong in our faith. 15 For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin. 16 Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.
  • Heb 6:20 : 20 Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
  • Heb 7:26 : 26 It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:
  • Heb 8:1 : 1 Now of the things we are saying this is the chief point: We have such a high priest, who has taken his place at the right hand of God's high seat of glory in heaven,
  • Matt 16:18 : 18 And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
  • 1 Cor 3:9-9 : 9 For we are workers with God: you are God's planting, God's building. 10 In the measure of the grace given to me, I, as a wise master-builder, have put the base in position, and another goes on building on it. But let every man take care what he puts on it. 11 For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ. 12 But on the base a man may put gold, silver, stones of great price, wood, dry grass, cut stems; 13 Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work. 14 If any man's work comes through the test, he will have a reward. 15 If the fire puts an end to any man's work, it will be his loss: but he will get salvation himself, though as by fire. 16 Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you? 17 If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.
  • 2 Cor 6:16-17 : 16 And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people. 17 For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,
  • Eph 2:19-22 : 19 So then you are no longer as those who have no part or place in the kingdom of God, but you are numbered among the saints, and of the family of God, 20 Resting on the base of the Apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief keystone, 21 In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord; 22 In whom you, with the rest, are united together as a living-place of God in the Spirit.

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  • Heb 4:14-16
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    14 Having then a great high priest, who has made his way through the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us be strong in our faith.

    15 For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.

    16 Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.

  • Heb 10:19-20
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    19 So then, my brothers, being able to go into the holy place without fear, because of the blood of Jesus,

    20 By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

  • Heb 8:1-4
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    1 Now of the things we are saying this is the chief point: We have such a high priest, who has taken his place at the right hand of God's high seat of glory in heaven,

    2 As a servant of the holy things and of the true Tent, which was put up by God, not by man.

    3 Now every high priest is given authority to take to God the things which are given and to make offerings; so that it is necessary for this man, like them, to have something for an offering.

    4 If he had been on earth he would not have been a priest at all, because there are other priests who make the offerings ordered by the law;

  • Heb 9:11
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    11 But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things of the future, through this greater and better Tent, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this world,

  • Heb 10:22-24
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    22 Let us go in with true hearts, in certain faith, having our hearts made free from the sense of sin and our bodies washed with clean water:

    23 Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:

    24 And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;

  • Heb 6:19-20
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    19 And this hope is like a strong band for our souls, fixed and certain, and going in to that which is inside the veil;

    20 Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 5:10
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    10 Being named by God a high priest of the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 5:1
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    1 Every high priest who is taken from among men is given his position to take care of the interests of men in those things which have to do with God, so that he may make offerings for sins.

  • Heb 7:24-26
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    24 But this priest, because his life goes on for ever, is unchanging.

    25 So that he is fully able to be the saviour of all who come to God through him, because he is ever living to make prayer to God for them.

    26 It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:

  • Heb 3:1
    74%

    1 For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;

  • Heb 3:6
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    6 But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we keep our hearts fixed in the glad and certain hope till the end.

  • Heb 7:19-21
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    19 (Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.

    20 And as this is not without the taking of an oath

    21 (For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);

  • 1 Pet 2:5
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    5 You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.

  • Heb 9:24-25
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    24 For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us.

    25 And he did not have to make an offering of himself again and again, as the high priest goes into the holy place every year with blood which is not his;

  • Heb 7:15
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    15 And this is even more clear if a second priest has come up who is like Melchizedek,

  • Heb 13:10
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    10 We have an altar from which those priests who are servants in the Tent may not take food.

  • Heb 10:10-11
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    10 By that pleasure we have been made holy, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for ever.

    11 And every priest takes his place at the altar day by day, doing what is necessary, and making again and again the same offerings which are never able to take away sins.

  • Heb 9:6
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    6 Now while these things were in existence, the priests went into the first Tent at all times, for prayer and the making of offerings.

  • Heb 13:20
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    20 Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,

  • 2 Cor 5:1
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    1 For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.

  • Heb 7:28
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    28 The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete.

  • Heb 7:17
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    17 For it has been witnessed of him, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 10:14-15
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    14 Because by one offering he has made complete for ever those who are made holy.

    15 And the Holy Spirit is a witness for us: for after he had said,

  • Heb 7:3
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    3 Being without father or mother, or family, having no birth or end to his life, being made like the Son of God, is a priest for ever.

  • Heb 9:21
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    21 And the blood was put on the Tent and all the holy vessels in the same way.

  • Heb 9:8
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    8 The Holy Spirit witnessing by this that the way into the holy place had not at that time been made open, while the first Tent was still in being;

  • Heb 9:3
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    3 And inside the second veil was the place which is named the Holy of holies;

  • 2 Cor 7:1
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    1 Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

  • Lev 21:10
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    10 And he who is the chief priest among his brothers, on whose head the holy oil has been put, who is marked out to put on the holy robes, may not let his hair go loose or have his clothing out of order as a sign of sorrow.

  • Eph 2:21
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    21 In whom all the building, rightly joined together, comes to be a holy house of God in the Lord;

  • Heb 3:4
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    4 For every house has a builder; but the builder of all things is God.

  • Heb 8:6
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    6 But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

  • Heb 5:6
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    6 As he says in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

  • Rev 5:10
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    10 And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth.