Hebrews 7:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Heb 2:10 : 10 Because it was right for him, for whom and through whom all things have being, in guiding his sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation complete through pain.
  • Heb 7:21 : 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);
  • Heb 1:2 : 2 But now, at the end of these days, it has come to us through his Son, to whom he has given all things for a heritage, and through whom he made the order of the generations;
  • Heb 5:1-2 : 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. 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;
  • Heb 5:5 : 5 In the same way Christ did not take for himself the glory of being made a high priest, but was given it by him who said, You are my Son, this day I have given you being:
  • Heb 5:8-9 : 8 And though he was a Son, through the pain which he underwent, the knowledge came to him of what it was to be under God's orders; 9 And when he had been made complete, he became the giver of eternal salvation to all those who are under his orders;
  • Heb 7:3 : 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.
  • Exod 32:21-22 : 21 And Moses said to Aaron, What did the people do to you that you let this great sin come on them? 22 And Aaron said, Let not my lord be angry; you have seen how the purposes of this people are evil.
  • Lev 4:3 : 3 If the chief priest by doing wrong becomes a cause of sin to the people, then let him give to the Lord for the sin which he has done, an ox, without any mark, for a sin-offering.
  • Ps 110:4 : 4 The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.
  • Luke 13:32 : 32 And he said, Go and say to that fox, I send out evil spirits and do works of mercy today and tomorrow, and on the third day my work will be complete.
  • John 19:30 : 30 So when Jesus had taken the wine he said, All is done. And with his head bent he gave up his spirit.
  • Heb 7:24 : 24 But this priest, because his life goes on for ever, is unchanging.
  • Heb 3:6 : 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 : 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.

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  • Heb 7:11-27
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    11Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?

    12Because if the priests are changed, it is necessary to make a change in the law.

    13For he of whom these things are said comes of another tribe, of which no man has ever made offerings at the altar.

    14Because it is clear that our Lord comes out of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests from that tribe.

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

    16That is to say, not made by a law based on the flesh, but by the power of a life without end:

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

    18So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit.

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

    20And 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);

    22By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.

    23And it is true that there have been a great number of those priests, because death does not let them go on for ever;

    24But this priest, because his life goes on for ever, is unchanging.

    25So 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.

    26It 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:

    27Who has no need to make offerings for sins every day, like those high priests, first for himself, and then for the people; because he did this once and for ever when he made an offering of himself.

  • 3Being 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 8:1-4
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    1Now 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,

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

    3Now 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.

    4If 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;

  • 1Every 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.

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

  • Heb 10:1-2
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    1For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.

    2For if this had been possible, would there not have been an end of those offerings, because the worshippers would have been made completely clean and would have been no longer conscious of sins?

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

  • Heb 5:5-6
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    5In the same way Christ did not take for himself the glory of being made a high priest, but was given it by him who said, You are my Son, this day I have given you being:

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

  • 11But 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 8:6-7
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    6But 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.

    7For if that first agreement had been as good as possible, there would have been no place for a second.

  • 4The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.

  • 14Because by one offering he has made complete for ever those who are made holy.

  • Heb 10:11-12
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    11And 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.

    12But when Jesus had made one offering for sins for ever, he took his place at the right hand of God;

  • Heb 4:14-15
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    14Having 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.

    15For 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.

  • 30For seven days the son who becomes priest in his place will put them on when he comes into the Tent of meeting to do the work of the holy place.

  • Heb 9:6-7
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    6Now while these things were in existence, the priests went into the first Tent at all times, for prayer and the making of offerings.

    7But only the high priest went into the second, once a year, not without making an offering of blood for himself and for the errors of the people:

  • 15And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.

  • 17Because 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.

  • 21And having a great priest over the house of God,

  • 9And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean,

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

  • 25And 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;

  • 11For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers,

  • 17So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;

  • 32And the man on whose head the holy oil has been put, and who has been marked out to be a priest in his father's place, will do what is necessary to take away sin, and will put on the linen clothing, even the holy robes: