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highlighted Hebrews 7:9 NLT
In addition, we might even say that these Levites—the ones who collect the tithe—paid a tithe to Melchizedek when their ancestor Abraham paid a tithe to him.
Apr 16
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highlighted Hebrews 7:8 NLT
The priests who collect tithes are men who die, so Melchizedek is greater than they are, because we are told that he lives on.
Apr 16
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highlighted Hebrews 7:7 NLT
And without question, the person who has the power to give a blessing is greater than the one who is blessed.
Apr 16
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highlighted Hebrews 7:6 NLT
But Melchizedek, who was not a descendant of Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham. And Melchizedek placed a blessing upon Abraham, the one who had already received the promises of God.
Apr 16
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highlighted Hebrews 7:5 NLT
Now the law of Moses required that the priests, who are descendants of Levi, must collect a tithe from the rest of the people of Israel, who are also descendants of Abraham.
Apr 16
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highlighted Hebrews 7:3 NLT
There is no record of his father or mother or any of his ancestors—no beginning or end to his life. He remains a priest forever, resembling the Son of God.
Apr 16
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highlighted Hebrews 7:1 NLT
This Melchizedek was king of the city of Salem and also a priest of God Most High. When Abraham was returning home after winning a great battle against the kings, Melchizedek met him and blessed him.
Apr 16
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highlighted Hebrews 7:2 NLT
Then Abraham took a tenth of all he had captured in battle and gave it to Melchizedek. The name Melchizedek means “king of justice,” and king of Salem means “king of peace.”
Apr 16
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highlighted Hebrews 6:20 NLT
Jesus has already gone in there for us. He has become our eternal High Priest in the order of Melchizedek.
Apr 15
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highlighted Hebrews 5:1 NLT
Every high priest is a man chosen to represent other people in their dealings with God. He presents their gifts to God and offers sacrifices for their sins.
Apr 14
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highlighted Hebrews 5:2-4 NLT
And he is able to deal gently with ignorant and wayward people because he himself is subject to the same weaknesses. That is why he must offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as theirs. And no one can become a high priest simply because he wants such an honor. He must be called by God for this work, just as Aaron was.
Apr 14
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highlighted Hebrews 5:6 NLT
And in another passage God said to him, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Apr 14
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highlighted Hebrews 5:5 NLT
That is why Christ did not honor himself by assuming he could become High Priest. No, he was chosen by God, who said to him, “You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.”
Apr 14
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highlighted Hebrews 4:9 NLT
So there is a special rest still waiting for the people of God.
Apr 13
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highlighted Hebrews 3:1-5 NLT
And so, dear brothers and sisters who belong to God and are partners with those called to heaven, think carefully about this Jesus whom we declare to be God’s messenger and High Priest. For he was faithful to God, who appointed him, just as Moses served faithfully when he was entrusted with God’s entire house. But Jesus deserves far more glory than Moses, just as a person who builds a house deserves more praise than the house itself. For every house has a builder, but the one who built everything is God. Moses was certainly faithful in God’s house as a servant. His work was an illustration of the truths God would reveal later.
Apr 13
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highlighted Hebrews 3:9-11 NLT
So I was angry with them, and I said, ‘Their hearts always turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them.’ So in my anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.’” There your ancestors tested and tried my patience, even though they saw my miracles for forty years.
Apr 13
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highlighted Hebrews 3:16-19 NLT
And who was it who rebelled against God, even though they heard his voice? Wasn’t it the people Moses led out of Egypt? And who made God angry for forty years? Wasn’t it the people who sinned, whose corpses lay in the wilderness? And to whom was God speaking when he took an oath that they would never enter his rest? Wasn’t it the people who disobeyed him? So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest.
Apr 13
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highlighted Hebrews 3:15 NLT
Remember what it says: “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled.”
Apr 13
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highlighted Hebrews 3:14 NLT
For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.
Apr 13
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highlighted Hebrews 3:13 NLT
You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.
Apr 13