15 For we do not have a high priest (A)who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been (B)tempted as we are, (C)yet without sin.

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15 For we do not have a high priest(A) who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are(B)—yet he did not sin.(C)

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17 Therefore he had (A)to be made like his brothers in every respect, (B)so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest (C)in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18 For because he himself has suffered (D)when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

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17 For this reason he had to be made like them,[a](A) fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful(B) and faithful high priest(C) in service to God,(D) and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.(E) 18 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.(F)

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  1. Hebrews 2:17 Or like his brothers

21 (A)For our sake he made him to be sin (B)who knew no sin, so that in him we might become (C)the righteousness of God.

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21 God made him who had no sin(A) to be sin[a] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.(B)

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  1. 2 Corinthians 5:21 Or be a sin offering

26 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, (A)holy, innocent, unstained, (B)separated from sinners, and (C)exalted above the heavens.

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26 Such a high priest(A) truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners,(B) exalted above the heavens.(C)

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(A)Surely he has borne our griefs
    and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
    (B)smitten by God, and afflicted.
(C)But he was pierced for our transgressions;
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
    (D)and with his wounds we are healed.

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Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,(A)
yet we considered him punished by God,(B)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.(C)
But he was pierced(D) for our transgressions,(E)
    he was crushed(F) for our iniquities;
the punishment(G) that brought us peace(H) was on him,
    and by his wounds(I) we are healed.(J)

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but (A)emptied himself, by taking the form of a (B)servant,[a] (C)being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by (D)becoming obedient to the point of death, (E)even death on a cross.

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  1. Philippians 2:7 Or slave (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)

rather, he made himself nothing(A)
    by taking the very nature[a] of a servant,(B)
    being made in human likeness.(C)
And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death(D)
        even death on a cross!(E)

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  1. Philippians 2:7 Or the form

22 (A)He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.

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22 “He committed no sin,(A)
    and no deceit was found in his mouth.”[a](B)

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  1. 1 Peter 2:22 Isaiah 53:9

You know that (A)he appeared in order to (B)take away sins, and (C)in him there is no sin.

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But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins.(A) And in him is no sin.(B)

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Jesus the Great High Priest

14 Since then we have (A)a great high priest (B)who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, (C)let us hold fast our confession.

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Jesus the Great High Priest

14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest(A) who has ascended into heaven,[a](B) Jesus the Son of God,(C) let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.(D)

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  1. Hebrews 4:14 Greek has gone through the heavens

(A)He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself (B)is beset with weakness.

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He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray,(A) since he himself is subject to weakness.(B)

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16 That evening they brought to him many who were (A)oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits (B)with a word and healed all who were sick. 17 (C)This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: (D)“He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”

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16 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.(A) 17 This was to fulfill(B) what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

“He took up our infirmities
    and bore our diseases.”[a](C)

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  1. Matthew 8:17 Isaiah 53:4 (see Septuagint)

46 Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

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46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?

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And they made his grave with the wicked
    (A)and with a rich man in his death,
although (B)he had done no violence,
    and there was no deceit in his mouth.

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He was assigned a grave with the wicked,(A)
    and with the rich(B) in his death,
though he had done no violence,(C)
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.(D)

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