Hebrews 7:22

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“Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.”

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BSBPD

“Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“by so much of a better covenant hath Jesus become surety,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hebrews 7:22 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 43:9I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
  2. Genesis 44:32Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
  3. Proverbs 6:1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
  4. Proverbs 20:16Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
  5. Daniel 9:27And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”
  6. Matthew 26:28This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
  7. Mark 14:24He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
  8. Luke 22:20In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.
  9. 1 Corinthians 11:25In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
  10. Hebrews 8:6Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
  11. Hebrews 9:15Therefore 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.
  12. Hebrews 12:24to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
  13. Hebrews 13:20Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,

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