Hebrews 7:17
For here is the testimony about him:“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
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- Ps 110:4 : 4 The LORD makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it:“You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.”
- Heb 5:6 : 6 as also in another place God says,“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Heb 6:20 : 20 where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
- Heb 7:21 : 21 but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him,“The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind,‘You are a priest forever’”–
- Heb 7:15 : 15 And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,
- Heb 5:10 : 10 and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
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- Heb 7:18-2811 verses89%
18 On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,
19 for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
20 And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation– for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,
21 but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him,“The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind,‘You are a priest forever’”–
22 accordingly Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
23 And the others who became priests were numerous, because death prevented them from continuing in office,
24 but he holds his priesthood permanently since he lives forever.
25 So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
26 For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
27 He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all.
28 For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.
- Heb 5:5-62 verses87%
5 So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him,“You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,”
6 as also in another place God says,“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
- Heb 7:6-1611 verses86%
6 But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.
7 Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior,
8 and in one case tithes are received by mortal men, while in the other by him who is affirmed to be alive.
9 And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham.
10 For he was still in his ancestor Abraham’s loins when Melchizedek met him.
11 Jesus and the Priesthood of Melchizedek So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood– for on that basis the people received the law– what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron’s order?
12 For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come as well.
13 Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever officiated at the altar.
14 For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.
15 And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,
16 who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.
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4 The LORD makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it:“You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.”
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10 and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
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20 where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
- Heb 7:1-44 verses80%
1 The Nature of Melchizedek’s Priesthood Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him.
2 To him also Abraham apportioned a tithe of everything. His name first means king of righteousness, then king of Salem, that is, king of peace.
3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.
4 But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder.
- Heb 8:1-44 verses74%
1 The High Priest of a Better Covenant Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
2 a minister in the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that the Lord, not man, set up.
3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer.
4 Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.
- Heb 10:14-152 verses73%
14 For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are made holy.
15 And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying,
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1 For every high priest is taken from among the people and appointed to represent them before God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
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18 Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine.(Now he was the priest of the Most High God.)
- Heb 8:6-72 verses71%
6 But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one.
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8 but of the Son he says,“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.
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11 And every priest stands day after day serving and offering the same sacrifices again and again– sacrifices that can never take away sins.
12 But when this priest had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right hand of God,
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21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
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11 Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,
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15 And so he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, since he died to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.
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8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever!
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17 For a will takes effect only at death, since it carries no force while the one who made it is alive.
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9 then he says,“Here I am: I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first to establish the second.