Hebrews 7

1For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,Cross-references: Gen 14:18 · Gen 16:14 · Ps 57:2 · Ps 76:2 · Ps 78:35 · Ps 78:56 · +8 more

2to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, “king of righteousness”, and then also “king of Salem”, which means “king of peace”,Cross-references: Gen 28:22 · Lev 27:32 · Num 18:21 · 1Sam 8:15 · 1Sam 8:17 · 2Sam 8:15 · +17 more

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.Cross-references: Ex 6:18 · Ex 6:20 · 1Chr 6:1 · Matt 4:3 · Heb 7:6 · Heb 7:17 · +1 more

4Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth out of the best plunder.Cross-references: Gen 12:2 · Gen 14:20 · Gen 17:5 · Acts 2:29 · Acts 7:8 · Rom 4:11 · +3 more

5They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest’s office have a commandment to take tithes from the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the body of Abraham,Cross-references: Gen 35:11 · Gen 46:26 · Ex 1:5 · Ex 28:1 · Lev 27:30 · Num 16:10 · +8 more

6but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.Cross-references: Gen 12:2 · Gen 12:13 · Gen 13:14 · Gen 14:19 · Gen 17:4 · Gen 22:17 · +9 more

7But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.Cross-references: Gen 27:20 · Gen 28:1 · Gen 47:7 · Gen 48:15 · Gen 49:28 · Num 6:23 · +8 more

8Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.Cross-references: John 11:25 · John 14:6 · John 14:19 · Heb 3:16 · Heb 5:6 · Heb 6:20 · +4 more

9We can say that through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes,Cross-references: Gen 14:20 · Rom 5:12 · Heb 7:4

10for he was yet in the body of his father when Melchizedek met him.Cross-references: Gen 35:11 · Gen 46:26 · 1Ki 8:19 · Heb 7:5

11Now if perfection was 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?Cross-references: Gal 2:21 · Gal 4:3 · Gal 4:9 · Col 2:10 · Heb 5:6 · Heb 5:10 · +7 more

12For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made also in the law.Cross-references: Isa 66:21 · Jer 31:31 · Ezek 16:61 · Acts 6:13

13For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.Cross-references: Num 16:40 · Num 17:5 · 2Chr 26:16 · Heb 7:11 · Heb 7:14

14For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.Cross-references: Gen 46:12 · Gen 49:10 · Num 24:17 · Ruth 4:18 · Isa 11:1 · Jer 23:5 · +13 moreExamined: The Prophecy Loom →

15This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,Cross-references: Ps 110:4 · Heb 7:3 · Heb 7:11 · Heb 7:17

16who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life;Cross-references: Gal 4:3 · Gal 4:9 · Col 2:14 · Col 2:20 · Heb 7:3 · Heb 7:17 · +6 more

17for it is testified, “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”Cross-references: Ps 110:4 · Heb 5:6 · Heb 5:10 · Heb 6:20 · Heb 7:15 · Heb 7:21

18For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessnessCross-references: Acts 13:39 · Rom 3:31 · Rom 8:3 · Gal 3:15 · Gal 3:17 · Gal 4:9 · +8 more

19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.Cross-references: Ps 73:28 · John 1:17 · John 14:6 · Acts 13:39 · Rom 3:20 · Rom 5:2 · +16 more

20Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oathCross-references: Num 18:7 · Ps 110:4 · Heb 5:6

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.’”Cross-references: 1Sam 15:29 · Ps 110:4 · Heb 6:16 · Heb 7:17

22By so much, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.Cross-references: Gen 43:9 · Gen 44:32 · Prov 6:1 · Prov 20:16 · Dan 9:27 · Matt 26:28 · +7 more

23Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered from continuing by death.Cross-references: 1Chr 6:3 · Neh 12:10 · Heb 7:8

24But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable.Cross-references: 1Sam 2:35 · Isa 9:6 · John 12:34 · Rom 6:9 · Heb 7:8 · Heb 7:28 · +2 more

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.Cross-references: Job 22:17 · Job 23:3 · Ps 68:31 · Isa 45:22 · Isa 45:24 · Isa 53:12 · +35 moreExamined: Jehovah's Witnesses →

26For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;Cross-references: Ex 28:36 · Ps 68:18 · Isa 53:9 · Matt 27:18 · Mark 16:19 · Luke 1:35 · +29 more

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.Cross-references: Ex 29:36 · Lev 4:3 · Lev 9:7 · Lev 16:6 · Lev 16:11 · Lev 16:15 · +14 more

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.Cross-references: Ex 32:21 · Lev 4:3 · Ps 110:4 · Luke 13:32 · John 19:30 · Heb 1:2 · +9 more