Hebrews 9:16

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For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be proven.

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  • Heb 9:17-18
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    17For a will takes effect only at death, since it carries no force while the one who made it is alive.

    18So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood.

  • Heb 9:15
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    15And 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.

  • Heb 9:20
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    20and said,“This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep.”

  • Heb 9:26-27
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    26for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.

    27And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,

  • Heb 7:22
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    22accordingly Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

  • Heb 8:6-7
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    6But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.

    7For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one.

  • Heb 7:12
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    12For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come as well.

  • Heb 8:13
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    13When he speaks of a new covenant, he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear.

  • Heb 7:8
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    8and in one case tithes are received by mortal men, while in the other by him who is affirmed to be alive.

  • Heb 10:15
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    15And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying,

  • Deut 17:6
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    6At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

  • 2 Cor 4:11-12
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    11For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body.

    12As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

  • Heb 6:16-17
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    16For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.

    17In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath,

  • Heb 10:9
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    9then he says,“Here I am: I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first to establish the second.

  • Rom 6:9-10
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    9We know that since Christ has been raised from the dead, he is never going to die again; death no longer has mastery over him.

    10For the death he died, he died to sin once for all, but the life he lives, he lives to God.

  • Heb 10:28
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    28Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

  • Heb 7:20
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    20And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation– for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

  • 2 Cor 3:6
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    6who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

  • Mark 14:24
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    24He said to them,“This is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many.

  • Rom 6:7
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    7(For someone who has died has been freed from sin.)

  • Heb 7:16-18
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    16who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.

    17For here is the testimony about him:“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

    18On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,

  • Heb 9:22
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    22Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

  • Heb 8:3-4
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    3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer.

    4Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.

  • Gal 3:15
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    15Inheritance Comes from Promises and not Law Brothers and sisters, I offer an example from everyday life: When a covenant has been ratified, even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.

  • Heb 2:14
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    14Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death(that is, the devil),

  • Rom 4:15
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    15For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either.

  • John 12:33
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    33(Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.)

  • Luke 22:20
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    20And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten, saying,“This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

  • Heb 9:8-9
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    8The Holy Spirit is making clear that the way into the holy place had not yet appeared as long as the old tabernacle was standing.

    9This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper.

  • Lev 16:13
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    13He must then put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the atonement lid which is above the ark of the testimony, so that he will not die.

  • Num 35:30
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    30“Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony of witnesses, but one witness cannot testify against any person to cause him to be put to death.

  • Heb 4:6
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    6Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.

  • Gal 2:19
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    19For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God.

  • 1 Cor 15:56
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    56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

  • 1 Chr 16:16
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    16the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

  • Rom 14:9
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    9For this reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he may be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

  • Rom 5:7
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    7(For rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person perhaps someone might possibly dare to die.)

  • Luke 9:27
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    27But I tell you most certainly, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God.”

  • Luke 16:17
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    17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter in the law to become void.

  • Rom 5:12
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    12The Amplification of Justification So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned–