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15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.

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17 Therefore, it was necessary for him to be made in every respect like us, his brothers and sisters,[a] so that he could be our merciful and faithful High Priest before God. Then he could offer a sacrifice that would take away the sins of the people. 18 Since he himself has gone through suffering and testing, he is able to help us when we are being tested.

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  1. 2:17 Greek like the brothers.

21 For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin,[a] so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

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  1. 5:21 Or to become sin itself.

Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
    it was our sorrows[a] that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
    a punishment for his own sins!
But he was pierced for our rebellion,
    crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
    He was whipped so we could be healed.

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  1. 53:4 Or Yet it was our sicknesses he carried; / it was our diseases.

And you know that Jesus came to take away our sins, and there is no sin in him.

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22 He never sinned,
    nor ever deceived anyone.[a]

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  1. 2:22 Isa 53:9.

Instead, he gave up his divine privileges[a];
    he took the humble position of a slave[b]
    and was born as a human being.
When he appeared in human form,[c]
    he humbled himself in obedience to God
    and died a criminal’s death on a cross.

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  1. 2:7a Greek he emptied himself.
  2. 2:7b Or the form of a slave.
  3. 2:7c Some English translations put this phrase in verse 8.

26 He is the kind of high priest we need because he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin. He has been set apart from sinners and has been given the highest place of honor in heaven.[a]

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  1. 7:26 Or has been exalted higher than the heavens.

Christ Is Our High Priest

14 So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.

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16 That evening many demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus. He cast out the evil spirits with a simple command, and he healed all the sick. 17 This fulfilled the word of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah, who said,

“He took our sicknesses
    and removed our diseases.”[a]

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  1. 8:17 Isa 53:4.

And he is able to deal gently with ignorant and wayward people because he himself is subject to the same weaknesses.

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46 Which of you can truthfully accuse me of sin? And since I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me?

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He had done no wrong
    and had never deceived anyone.
But he was buried like a criminal;
    he was put in a rich man’s grave.

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28 “You have stayed with me in my time of trial.

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“Oh, how can I give you up, Israel?
    How can I let you go?
How can I destroy you like Admah
    or demolish you like Zeboiim?
My heart is torn within me,
    and my compassion overflows.

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“You must not oppress foreigners. You know what it’s like to be a foreigner, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.

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where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.

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20 He will not crush the weakest reed
    or put out a flickering candle.
    Finally he will cause justice to be victorious.

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