Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

Therefore, holy brethren, who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.

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He is the radiance of his glory and the exact representation of his being, and upholds all things by the word of his power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

where Jesus has entered as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Therefore he is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves, but he entered the holy place once for all by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.

But when he had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.

They also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched him go into heaven."

whom heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago.

Who is he who condemns? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who is also interceding for us.

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but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the world.

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

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Therefore we must pay more careful attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.

but Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. And we are his house, if we hold fast to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful;

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Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.

in whom we have boldness and confidence of access through our faith in him.