Hebrews 4:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
  • Heb 2:17-18 : 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. 18 For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.
  • 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:
  • 1 John 3:5 : 5 And you have knowledge that he came to take away sin: and in him there is no sin.
  • Heb 5:2 : 2 He is able to have feeling for those who have no knowledge and for those who are wandering from the true way, because he himself is feeble;
  • 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:
  • John 8:46 : 46 Which of you is able truly to say that I am a sinner? If I say what is true, why have you no belief in me?
  • Exod 23:9 : 9 Do not be hard on the man from a strange country who is living among you; for you have had experience of the feelings of one who is far from the land of his birth, because you yourselves were living in Egypt, in a strange land.
  • Isa 53:4-5 : 4 But it was our pain he took, and our diseases were put on him: while to us he seemed as one diseased, on whom God's punishment had come. 5 But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.
  • Isa 53:9 : 9 And they put his body into the earth with sinners, and his last resting-place was with the evil-doers, though he had done no wrong, and no deceit was in his mouth.
  • Hos 11:8 : 8 How may I give you up, O Ephraim? how may I be your saviour, O Israel? how may I make you like Admah? how may I do to you as I did to Zeboim? My heart is turned in me, it is soft with pity.
  • Luke 22:28 : 28 But you are those who have kept with me through my troubles;
  • Matt 12:20 : 20 The crushed stem will not be broken by him; and the feebly burning light will he not put out, till he has made righteousness overcome all.
  • Heb 4:14 : 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.
  • Phil 2:7-8 : 7 But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men; 8 And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.
  • Luke 4:2 : 2 For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.
  • Matt 8:16-17 : 16 And in the evening, they took to him a number of people who had evil spirits; and he sent the spirits out of them with a word, and made well all who were ill; 17 So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.

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