¹⁸ Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.^(A)

¹⁰ Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.^{(A) 11} And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son,^(B) whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”^(C)

²⁶ For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life^(A) in himself. ²⁷ And he has given him authority to judge^(B) because he is the Son of Man.

²⁰ For no matter how many promises^(A) God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen”^(B) is spoken by us to the glory of God.^(C)

⁵ For there is one God^(A) and one mediator^(B) between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,^(C)

¹⁵ For this reason Christ is the mediator^(A) of a new covenant,^(B) that those who are called^(C) may receive the promised^(D) eternal inheritance^(E)—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.^(F)

⁵ you also, like living stones, are being built^(A) into a spiritual house^[a](B) to be a holy priesthood,^(C) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.^(D)