21 (for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him:

(A)“The Lord has sworn
And will not relent,
‘You are a priest [a]forever
According to the order of Melchizedek’ ”),

22 by so much more Jesus has become a [b]surety of a (B)better covenant.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:21 NU ends the quotation after forever.
  2. Hebrews 7:22 guarantee

13 For if (A)the blood of bulls and goats and (B)the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, [a]sanctifies for the [b]purifying of the flesh, 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without [c]spot to God, (C)cleanse your conscience from (D)dead works (E)to serve the living God? 15 And for this reason (F)He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that (G)those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:13 sets apart
  2. Hebrews 9:13 cleansing
  3. Hebrews 9:14 blemish

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