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Hebrews · read by Rick Leibee
93 verses, in order. Only the verses Rick 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 · The Best Last Word
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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 · The Best Last Word
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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 · The Best Last Word
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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 · The Best Last Word
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And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: "Let all God's angels worship Him."Read from KJV · The Best Last Word
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Now about the angels He says: "He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire."Read from KJV · The Best Last Word
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They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.Read from KJV · The Best Last Word
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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 Best Last Word
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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 Best Last Word
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Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?Read from KJV · The Best Last Word
Hebrews 2
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For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,Read from KJV · The Best Last Word
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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 Best Last Word
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and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.Read from KJV · The Best Last Word
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For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.Read from KJV · The Humanity of Christ
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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 · The Humanity of Christ
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You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honorRead from KJV · The Humanity of Christ
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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 · The Humanity of Christ
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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 · The Humanity of Christ
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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 Humanity of Christ
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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 Humanity of Christ
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And again: "I will put My trust in Him." And once again: "Here am I, and the children God has given Me."Read from KJV · The Humanity of Christ
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and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.Read from KJV · The Humanity of Christ
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Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.Read from KJV · The Humanity of Christ
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 · The Humanity of Christ
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For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.Read from KJV · The Humanity of Christ
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And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.Read from KJV · The Humanity of Christ
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Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God's house, testifying to what would be spoken later.Read from KJV · The Humanity of Christ
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But Christ is faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.Read from KJV · The Humanity of Christ
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do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,Read from KJV · The Road That Leads to Rest
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where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.Read from KJV · The Road That Leads to Rest
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So I swore on oath in My anger, 'They shall never enter My rest.'"Read from KJV · The Road That Leads to Rest
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And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?Read from KJV · The Road That Leads to Rest
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And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?Read from KJV · The Road That Leads to Rest
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So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.Read from NKJV · The Road That Leads to Rest
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 Road That Leads to Rest
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For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: "And on the seventh day God rested from all His works."Read from KJV · The Road That Leads to Rest
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And again, as He says in the passage above: "They shall never enter My rest."Read from KJV · The Road That Leads to Rest
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Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,Read from KJV · The Road That Leads to Rest
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For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.Read from KJV · The Road That Leads to Rest
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There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.Read from KJV · The Road That Leads to 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 Road That Leads to 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 · The Road That Leads to Rest
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Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.Read from KJV · The Road That Leads to Rest
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For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.Read from KJV · The Road That Leads to Rest
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 · An Anchor of the Soul
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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 · An Anchor of the Soul
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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 · An Anchor of the Soul
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No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.Read from KJV · An Anchor of the Soul
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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 · An Anchor of the Soul
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Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.Read from KJV · An Anchor of the Soul
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And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey HimRead from KJV · An Anchor of the Soul
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Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God's word. You need milk, not solid food!Read from KJV · An Anchor of the Soul
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But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.Read from KJV · An Anchor of the Soul
Hebrews 6
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It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,Read from KJV · An Anchor of the Soul
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who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—Read from KJV · An Anchor of the Soul
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and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.Read from KJV · An Anchor of the Soul
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We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.Read from KJV · An Anchor of the Soul
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saying, "I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants."Read from KJV · An Anchor of the Soul
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And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.Read from NKJV · An Anchor of the Soul
Hebrews 7
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This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,Read from NKJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means "king of righteousness." Then also, "king of Salem" means "king of peace."Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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In the case of the Levites, mortal men collect the tenth; but in the case of Melchizedek, it is affirmed that he lives on.Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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For when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the loin of his ancestor.Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and uselessRead from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: "The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: 'You are a priest forever.'"Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office.Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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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 · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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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 · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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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 · An Unchangeable Priesthood
Hebrews 8
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and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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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 · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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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 · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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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 · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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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 · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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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 · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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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 · An Unchangeable Priesthood
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For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more."Read from KJV · An Unchangeable Priesthood
Hebrews 11
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All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.Read from KJV · A Spiritual Voting Booth
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Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.Read from KJV · A Spiritual Voting Booth
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Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.Read from KJV · A Spiritual Voting Booth
Hebrews 13
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Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.Read from KJV · (Spiritual Guidelines for Courtship) Practical Courtship Issues