Jesus the Great High Priest
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Seeing then that we have a great n High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, o let us hold fast our confession.
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For p we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but q was in all points tempted as we are, r yet without sin.
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s Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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For every high priest taken from among men a is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
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He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to b weakness.
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Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for c himself, to offer sacrifices for sins.
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And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as d Aaron was.
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e So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:
f "You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You."
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As He also says in another place:
g "You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek";
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who, in the days of His flesh, when He had h offered up prayers and supplications, i with vehement cries and tears to Him j who was able to save Him from death, and was heard k because of His godly fear,
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though He was a Son, yet He learned l obedience by the things which He suffered.
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And m having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
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called by God as High Priest n "according to the order of Melchizedek,"
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Hebrews 2:17
Therefore, 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 propitiation for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 7:26
For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens.
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Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
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Isaiah 53:3 - 5
He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
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Luke 22:28
But you are those who have continued with Me in My trials.
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2 Corinthians 5:21
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Hebrews 7:26
For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens.
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Ephesians 2:18
For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
Hebrews 10:19
Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
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Hebrews 2:17
Therefore, 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 propitiation for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 8:3
For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer.
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Hebrews 7:28
For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.
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Leviticus 9:7
And Moses said to Aaron, "Go to the altar, offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. Offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as the LORD commanded.
Leviticus 16:6
Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house.
Hebrews 7:27
Who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.
Hebrews 9:7
But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people's sins committed in ignorance.
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Exodus 28:1
Now take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as priest, Aaron and Aaron's sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Numbers 16:40
To be a memorial to the children of Israel that no outsider, who is not a descendant of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the LORD, that he might not become like Korah and his companions, just as the LORD had said to him through Moses.
1 Chronicles 23:13
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was set apart, he and his sons forever, that he should sanctify the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister to Him, and to give the blessing in His name forever.
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John 8:54
Jesus answered, "If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is your God.
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Psalms 2:7
I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
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Psalms 110:4
The LORD has sworn And will not relent, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 7:17
For He testifies: "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.
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Matthew 26:39
He went a little farther and fell on His face, ...
Matthew 26:42
Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, ...
Matthew 26:44
So He left them, went away again, and prayed th...
Mark 14:36
And He said, "Abba, Father, all things are poss...
Mark 14:39
Again He went away and prayed, and spoke the sa...
Luke 22:41
And He was withdrawn from them about a stone's ...
Luke 22:44
And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. T...
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Psalms 22:1
My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning?
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Matthew 26:53
Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels?
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Matthew 26:39
He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.
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Philippians 2:8
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
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Hebrews 2:10
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
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Psalms 110:4
The LORD has sworn And will not relent, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.
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