Hebrews 7:26

World English Bible (2000)

For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

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  • Heb 8:1 : 1 Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
  • Heb 4:14-15 : 14 Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession. 15 For we don't have a high priest who can't be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
  • 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 who did not sin, "neither was deceit found in his mouth."
  • 1 John 3:5 : 5 You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.
  • 1 Pet 3:22 : 22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
  • 1 John 2:2 : 2 And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
  • Heb 7:11 : 11 Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
  • Eph 1:20-22 : 20 which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come. 22 He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,
  • Eph 4:8-9 : 8 Therefore he says, "When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men." 9 Now this, "He ascended," what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.
  • Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name; 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
  • Heb 1:3 : 3 His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
  • Heb 2:10 : 10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
  • Heb 9:14 : 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
  • Heb 9:23-26 : 23 It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ hasn't entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; 25 nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place year by year with blood not his own, 26 or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
  • Heb 10:11-22 : 11 Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins, 12 but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God; 13 from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet. 14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified. 15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying, 16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them: 'After those days,' says the Lord, 'I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;'" then he says, 17 "I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more." 18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. 19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 and having a great priest over the house of God, 22 let's draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,
  • Heb 12:2 : 2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
  • 1 Pet 1:19 : 19 but with precious blood, as of a faultless and pure lamb, the blood of Christ;
  • Exod 28:36 : 36 "You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, 'HOLY TO YAHWEH.'
  • Ps 68:18 : 18 You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.
  • Isa 53:9 : 9 They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
  • Matt 27:18 : 18 For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.
  • Mark 16:19 : 19 So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
  • Luke 1:35 : 35 The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.
  • Luke 23:22 : 22 He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him."
  • Luke 23:41 : 41 And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong."
  • Luke 23:47 : 47 When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man."
  • Luke 24:26 : 26 Didn't the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?"
  • Luke 24:46 : 46 He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
  • John 8:29 : 29 He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn't left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."
  • John 14:30 : 30 I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has nothing in me.
  • Acts 3:14 : 14 But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
  • Acts 4:27 : 27 "For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
  • Rev 1:17-18 : 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last, 18 and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
  • Rev 3:7 : 7 "To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: "He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:

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  • Heb 7:27-28
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    27who doesn't need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.

    28For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.

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    1Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

    2a servant of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.

    3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.

    4For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law;

  • Heb 7:24-25
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    24But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable.

    25Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

  • Heb 4:14-15
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    14Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.

    15For we don't have a high priest who can't be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

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    1For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

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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.

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    20where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

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

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    11But Christ having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,

    12nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption.

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    17Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

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    19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

    20Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath

    21(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, "The Lord swore and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.'"

    22By so much, Jesus has become the collateral of a better covenant.

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    21and having a great priest over the house of God,

  • Heb 9:23-26
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    23It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

    24For Christ hasn't entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

    25nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place year by year with blood not his own,

    26or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

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    9Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,

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    15This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

    16who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

    17for it is testified, "You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek."

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    3His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself made purification for our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

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    7but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and for the errors of the people.

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    10For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

    11For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

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    11Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

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    14For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

  • 2 Cor 7:1
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    1Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

  • Heb 10:11-12
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    11Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins,

    12but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;

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    3Because of this, he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people, as well as for himself.

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    11For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside of the camp.

    12Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate.

  • Heb 5:6-7
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    6As he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."

    7He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

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    19Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,

  • Heb 8:6
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    6But now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.

  • Titus 2:14
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    14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

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    14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  • Heb 9:28
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    28so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.