21 (for they indeed became priests without an oath, but He with an oath through the One who said to Him,

(A)The Lord has sworn
And (B)will not change His mind,
You are a priest (C)forever’”);

22 by the same extent Jesus also has become the [a](D)guarantee of (E)a better covenant.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:22 Or guarantor

21 but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him:

“The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind:(A)
    ‘You are a priest forever.’”[a](B)

22 Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:21 Psalm 110:4

21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

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

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