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   and blood, He likewise took part in these, so that through death He might   
   destroy him who has the power of death, that is, the devil,   
   15 (Ro 8:15; 2Ti 1:7) and deliver those who through fear of death were   
   throughout their lives subject to bondage.   
   16 For surely He does not help the angels, but He helps the seed of Abraham.   
   17 (Da 9:24; Heb 2:14) Therefore, in all things it was necessary for Him   
   to be made like His brothers, so that He might be a merciful   
   and faithful High Priest in the things pertaining to God,   
   to make atonement for the sins of the people.   
   18 For since He Himself suffered while being tempted, He is able to help   
   those who are being tempted.   
      
   [5] For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come,   
   whereof we speak.   
   [6] But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art   
   mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?   
   [7] Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with   
   glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:   
   [8] Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he   
   put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him.   
   But now we see not yet all things put under him.   
   [9] But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the   
   suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of   
   God should taste death for every man.   
   [10] For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things,   
   in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation   
   perfect through sufferings.   
   [11] For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of   
   one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,   
   [12] Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the   
   church will I sing praise unto thee.   
   [13] And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the   
   children which God hath given me.   
   [14] Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he   
   also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might   
   destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;   
   [15] And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime   
   subject to bondage.   
   [16] For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him   
   the seed of Abraham.   
   [17] Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto 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.   
   [18] For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to   
   succour them that are tempted.   
      
   Hebrews 3   
      
   Jesus Superior to Moses   
      
   1 (Php 3:14; 2Ti 1:9) Therefore, holy brothers, partakers in a heavenly   
   calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Jesus Christ,   
   2 (Nu 12:7) who was faithful to Him who appointed Him,   
   as Moses was faithful in all His house.   
   3 For the One was counted worthy of more glory than Moses,   
   in that He who builds the house has more honor than the house itself.   
   4 For every house is built by someone, but the One who builds all things   
   is God.   
   5 (Nu 12:7; Ex 14:31; Heb 3:2) Moses was faithful in all God's house   
   as a servant, testifying about those things that were to be spoken later.   
   6 (1Co 3:16; Heb 1:2) But Christ is faithful over God's house as a Son,   
   whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing   
   of our hope firm to the end.   
      
   [1] Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider   
   the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;   
   [2] Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful   
   in all his house.   
   [3] For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he   
   who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.   
   [4] For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is   
   God.   
   [5] And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a   
   testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;   
   [6] But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold   
   fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.   
      
   A Rest for God's People   
      
   7 (Heb 3:15; 4:7) Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:   
   "Today, if you hear His voice,   
   8 do not harden your hearts   
   as in the rebellion,   
   on the day of temptation in the wilderness,   
   9 (Ac 7:36) where your fathers tested Me and tried Me   
   and saw My works for forty years.   
   10 (Ps 95:10) Therefore I was angry with that generation,   
   and said, 'They always go astray in their heart,   
   and they have not known My ways.'   
   11 (Heb 4:3; 4:5) So I swore in My wrath,   
   'They shall not enter My rest.' "   
   12 (Heb 12:25) Be attentive, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil,   
   unbelieving heart, and you depart from the living God.   
   13 (Eph 4:22; Heb 10:24-25) But exhort one another daily, while it is called   
   "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.   
   14 (Heb 3:6) For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning   
   of our confidence firmly to the end,   
   15 (Heb 3:7-8) while it is said:   
   "Today, if you will hear His voice,   
   do not harden your hearts   
   as in the rebellion."(Ps 95:7-8.)   
   16 (Nu 14:2; 14:30) For who were they who heard and rebelled? Was it not   
   all of those who came out of Egypt, led by Moses?   
   17 (Nu 14:29; Jude 1:5) And with whom was He grieved for forty years?   
   Was it not with those who had sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?   
   18 (Dt 1:34-35) And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest,   
   but to those who disobeyed?   
   19 (Jn 3:36; 3:18) So we see that they could not enter because of unbelief.   
      
   [7] Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,   
   [8] Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation   
   in the wilderness:   
   [9] When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.   
   [10] Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway   
   err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.   
   [11] So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)   
   [12] Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of   
   unbelief, in departing from the living God.   
   [13] But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of   
   you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.   
   [14] For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our   
   confidence stedfast unto the end;   
   [15] While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your   
   hearts, as in the provocation.   
   [16] For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came   
   out of Egypt by Moses.   
   [17] But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had   
   sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?   
   [18] And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to   
   them that believed not?   
   [19] So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.   
      
   Hebrews 4   
      
   1 (Heb 12:15) Therefore, since the promise of entering His rest remains,   
   let us fear lest any of you should seem to come short of it.   
   2 (1Th 2:13) For the gospel was preached to us as well as to them.   
   But the word preached did not benefit them, because it was not mixed   
   with faith in those who heard it.   
   3 (Ps 95:11; Heb 3:11) For we who have believed have entered this rest,   
   as He has said,   
   "As I have sworn in My wrath,   
   'They shall not enter My rest.' "(Ps 95:11.)   
      
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