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Hebrews · read by G.W. North
107 verses, in order. Only the verses G.W. read aloud are shown.
Hebrews 1
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On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.Read from KJV · Not Ashamed to Call Them Bretheren
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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 He made the universe.Read from KJV · Doing the Will of God From the Heart
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The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.Read from KJV · Doing the Will of God From the Heart
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So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.Read from KJV · Doing the Will of God From the Heart
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For to which of the angels did God ever say: "You are My Son; today I have become Your Father" ? Or again: "I will be His Father, and He will be My Son" ?Read from KJV · Doing the Will of God From the Heart
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Now about the angels He says: "He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire."Read from KJV · The Age to Come
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But about the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.Read from KJV · The Age to Come
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You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy."Read from KJV · The Age to Come
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And: "In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.Read from KJV · The Age to Come
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They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.Read from KJV · Give Thyself Wholly
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You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end."Read from KJV · The Age to Come
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Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: "Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet" ?Read from KJV · The Church - as Seen in Revelation
Hebrews 2
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how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,Read from KJV · The Age to Come
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But somewhere it is testified in these words: "What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?Read from KJV · God and Man
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You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honorRead from KJV · Our God Is a Consuming Fire
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and placed everything under his feet." When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.Read from KJV · Our God Is a Consuming Fire
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But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.Read from KJV · Priesthood: The Necessity of Suffering
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In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.Read from KJV · Priesthood: The Necessity of Suffering
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For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.Read from KJV · The Covenant 5 - the Holiest of All
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He says: "I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly."Read from KJV · The Covenant 5 - the Holiest of All
Hebrews 3
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He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God's house.Read from KJV · Priesthood: The Necessity of Suffering
Hebrews 4
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Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.Read from KJV · The Rest
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For whoever enters God's rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.Read from KJV · The Rest
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Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.Read from KJV · The Rest
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For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.Read from KJV · Spirit, Soul, Body
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Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.Read from KJV · Burn on the Altar
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Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.Read from KJV · Priestly Offering
Hebrews 5
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Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.Read from KJV · Priestly Offering
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He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.Read from KJV · Priesthood: The Necessity of Suffering
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That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.Read from KJV · Priesthood: The Necessity of Suffering
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No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.Read from KJV · Priesthood: The Necessity of Suffering
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So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: "You are My Son; today I have become Your Father."Read from KJV · Priestly Offering
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During the days of Jesus' earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.Read from KJV · Priesthood: The Necessity of Suffering
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Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.Read from KJV · Priesthood: The Necessity of Suffering
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And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey HimRead from KJV · Priestly Offering
Hebrews 6
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who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—Read from KJV · God and Man
Hebrews 7
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Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.Read from KJV · Give Thyself Wholly
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Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.Read from KJV · Intercession
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Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.Read from KJV · Give Thyself Wholly
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For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.Read from KJV · Intercession
Hebrews 8
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The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,Read from KJV · Give Thyself Wholly
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and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.Read from KJV · Give Thyself Wholly
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And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.Read from KJV · Burn on the Altar
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Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.Read from KJV · Give Thyself Wholly
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The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain."Read from KJV · Give Thyself Wholly
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Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.Read from KJV · Give Thyself Wholly
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For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.Read from KJV · Heredity - Part 5
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But God found fault with the people and said: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.Read from KJV · The Covenant 4 - the Mediator of the New Covenant
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It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.Read from KJV · Heredity - Part 5
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For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.Read from KJV · Heredity - Part 5
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No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.Read from KJV · Heredity - Part 5
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For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more."Read from KJV · Heredity - Part 5
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By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.Read from KJV · Heredity - Part 5
Hebrews 9
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Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.Read from KJV · God and Man
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A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.Read from KJV · God and Man
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But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.Read from KJV · Priestly Offering
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For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,Read from KJV · Priestly Offering
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how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!Read from KJV · The Covenant 4 - the Mediator of the New Covenant
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Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.Read from KJV · The Covenant 4 - the Mediator of the New Covenant
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In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it,Read from KJV · The Covenant 4 - the Mediator of the New Covenant
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For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.Read from KJV · The Covenant 4 - the Mediator of the New Covenant
Hebrews 10
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For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.Read from KJV · Priestly Offering
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If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.Read from KJV · Priestly Offering
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because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.Read from KJV · Priestly Offering
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Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.Read from KJV · Gospel of John (Study 4 of 24, Chap 1 Cont)
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In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.Read from KJV · I Must Be About My Father's Business
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Then I said, 'Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.'"Read from KJV · I Must Be About My Father's Business
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In the passage above He says, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them" (although they are offered according to the law).Read from KJV · Priestly Offering
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Then He adds, "Here I am, I have come to do Your will." He takes away the first to establish the second.Read from KJV · Priestly Offering
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And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.Read from KJV · The Covenant 5 - the Holiest of All
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"This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds."Read from KJV · The Covenant 4 - the Mediator of the New Covenant
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Then He adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more."Read from KJV · The Covenant 4 - the Mediator of the New Covenant
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And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.Read from KJV · The Tabernacle
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Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,Read from KJV · Spirit, Water, Blood
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by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,Read from KJV · Spirit, Water, Blood
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let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.Read from NKJV · Priesthood: The Necessity of Suffering
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Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.Read from KJV · Priesthood: The Necessity of Suffering
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And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.Read from KJV · Priesthood: The Necessity of Suffering
Hebrews 11
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Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.Read from NKJV · The Fifth Seal
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By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.Read from KJV · The Fifth Seal
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By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.Read from KJV · The Fifth Seal
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By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king's edict.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.Read from KJV · A Reluctant God
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He chose to suffer oppression with God's people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.Read from NKJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
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By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel's own firstborn.Read from KJV · The Reluctant God - Part 1
Hebrews 12
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Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.Read from KJV · Everlasting Burnings
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See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.Read from KJV · Everlasting Burnings
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For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;Read from KJV · The Covenant 4 - the Mediator of the New Covenant
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to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.Read from KJV · Everlasting Burnings
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For they could not bear what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned."Read from KJV · Our God Is a Consuming Fire
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The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, "I am trembling with fear."Read from KJV · Our God Is a Consuming Fire
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Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angelsRead from KJV · The Fifth Seal
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in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,Read from KJV · Everlasting Burnings
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to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.Read from KJV · The Anointing: The Doctrine of Christ
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See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?Read from KJV · Everlasting Burnings
Hebrews 13
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We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.Read from KJV · Priestly Offering
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Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.Read from KJV · Priestly Offering
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And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.Read from KJV · Priestly Offering
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Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.Read from KJV · Priestly Offering