Hebrews 7:22

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By so much was Jesus made the guarantor of a better covenant.

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  • Gen 43:9 : 9 I will be surety for him; from my hand you shall require him: if I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever:
  • Gen 44:32 : 32 For your servant became a guarantee for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever.
  • Prov 6:1 : 1 My son, if you become surety for your friend, if you have shaken hands with a stranger,
  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold it in pledge for a foreign woman.
  • Dan 9:27 : 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the middle of the week, he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations, he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
  • Matt 26:28 : 28 For this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
  • Mark 14:24 : 24 And he said to them, This is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.
  • Luke 22:20 : 20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
  • 1 Cor 11:25 : 25 In the same manner, He also took the cup after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new testament in My blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.'
  • Heb 8:6-9 : 6 But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then there would have been no occasion sought for the second. 8 For finding fault with them, He says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in my covenant, and I did not regard them, says the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people: 11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities I will remember no more.
  • Heb 9:15-23 : 15 And for this reason He is the mediator of the new covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance. 16 For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament is in effect after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives. 18 Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood. 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the book itself and all the people, 20 Saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you." 21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And almost all things are purified by the law with blood; and without shedding of blood there is no remission. 23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
  • Heb 12:24 : 24 To Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
  • Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

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  • Heb 7:15-21
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    15And it is yet far more evident: for in the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

    16Who is made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.

    17For he testifies, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

    18For there is indeed a setting aside of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness.

    19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by which we draw near to God.

    20And inasmuch as he was not made priest without an oath:

    21For those priests were made without an oath; but this one with an oath by him that said to him, The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek:

  • Heb 8:5-7
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    5Who serve as an example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, says He, that you make all things according to the pattern shown to you on the mount.

    6But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

    7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then there would have been no occasion sought for the second.

  • Heb 7:28
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    28For the law appoints as high priests men who have weaknesses; but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son, who is perfected forever.

  • Heb 6:20
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    20Where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, made a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 9:15-16
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    15And for this reason He is the mediator of the new covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

    16For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.

  • Heb 6:16-17
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    16For people indeed swear by something greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end to all dispute.

    17In this way, God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, confirmed it with an oath:

  • Heb 7:11-12
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    11If therefore perfection were through the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

    12For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change also of the law.

  • Heb 7:23-26
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    23And they truly were many priests, because they were not allowed to continue by reason of death:

    24But he, because he continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.

    25Therefore he is able also to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

    26For such a high priest was fitting for us, who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;

  • Heb 7:7
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    7And without all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the greater.

  • Heb 1:4
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    4Being made so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

  • Heb 9:11
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    11But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;

  • Heb 7:3
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    3Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like the Son of God; remains a priest continually.

  • Heb 8:1-2
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    1Now of the things we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

    2A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, and not man.

  • Heb 12:24
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    24To Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.

  • Heb 5:9-10
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    9And having been made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him;

    10Called by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 5:6
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    6As He also says in another place, 'You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.'

  • Heb 9:20
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    20Saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you."

  • Heb 10:14-15
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    14For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

    15The Holy Spirit also is a witness to us; for after he had said before,

  • Heb 9:18
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    18Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood.

  • Heb 13:20
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    20Now may the God of peace, who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

  • Heb 2:17
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    17Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

  • Heb 4:14
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    14Seeing then that we have a great high priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

  • Heb 6:13
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    13For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,

  • Heb 3:1-2
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    1Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus;

    2Who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house.

  • 1 Chr 16:17
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    17And confirmed to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

  • Heb 10:10
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    10By that will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

  • Heb 10:21
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    21And having a high priest over the house of God,

  • Heb 11:40
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    40God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.

  • Ps 110:4
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    4The LORD has sworn and will not relent, You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 10:19
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    19Therefore, brothers, having boldness to enter the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

  • Ps 105:9
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    9The covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac;

  • Heb 8:13
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    13In that He says, A new covenant, He has made the first old. Now that which decays and grows old is ready to vanish away.