Hebrews 7:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁶ For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ [Here is] the High Priest [perfectly adapted] to our needs, as was fitting–holy, blameless, unstained by sin, separated from sinners, and exalted higher than the heavens.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

Common English Bible

²⁶ It’s appropriate for us to have this kind of high priest: holy, innocent, incorrupt, separate from sinners, and raised high above the heavens.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ For it was fitting that we should have such a High Priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted higher than the heavens.

Hebrews 7:26 Cross References

2 Corinthians 5:21

For our sake God made the one who knew no sin to be sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

1 John 2:2

and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

Hebrews 8:1

Now the main point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

1 Peter 2:22

“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.”

1 John 3:5

You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.

Hebrews 12:2

looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to worship the living God!

Hebrews 1:3

He is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Luke 23:47

When the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, “Certainly this man was innocent.”

Luke 23:41

And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

1 Peter 3:22

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him.

1 Peter 1:19

but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.

Hebrews 7:11

Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood—for the people received the law under this priesthood—what further need would there have been to speak of another priest arising according to the order of Melchizedek rather than one according to the order of Aaron?

Hebrews 2:10

It was fitting that God, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Acts 4:27

“For in this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,

Acts 3:14

But you rejected the holy and righteous one and asked to have a murderer given to you,

John 14:30

I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

John 8:29

And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.”

Luke 24:46

and he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day

Luke 24:26

Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter into his glory?”

Luke 23:22

A third time he said to them, “Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no ground for the sentence of death; I will therefore have him flogged and then release him.”

Luke 1:35

The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God.

Mark 16:19

So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Matthew 27:18

For he realized that it was out of jealousy that they had handed him over.

Isaiah 53:9

They made his grave with the wicked and his tomb with the rich, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.

Psalm 68:18

You ascended the high mount, leading captives in your train and receiving gifts from people, even from those who rebel against the Lord God’s abiding there.

Exodus 28:36

“You shall make a rosette of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, ‘Holy to the Lord.’

Revelation 3:7

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens:

Numbers 29:26

“On the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,

Hebrews 2:17

Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 3:1

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,

Ezekiel 44:27

On the day that he goes into the holy place, into the inner court, to minister in the holy place, he shall offer his purification offering, says the Lord God.