Hebrews 7:1

Catholic Public Domain Version

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham, as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him.

Cross References

Psalm 57:2

If, truly and certainly, you speak justice, then judge what is right, you sons of men.

Psalm 76:2

I cried out to the Lord with my voice, to God with my voice, and he attended to me.

Daniel 4:2

I saw a dream that terrified me, and my thoughts on my bed and the visions in my head disturbed me.

Daniel 5:18

O king, the Most High God gave to Nebuchadnezzar, your father, a kingdom and greatness, glory and honor.

Daniel 5:21

And he was expelled from the sons of men, and so his heart was placed with the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys, and he ate hay like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he realized that the Most High holds power over the kingdom of men, and that whoever he wishes, he will set over it.

Micah 6:6

What worthy thing might I offer to the Lord, as I bend the knee before God on high? How could I offer holocausts to him, and one year-old calves?

Mark 5:7

And crying out with a loud voice, he said: "What am I to you, Jesus, the Son of the Most High God? I beseech you by God, that you not torment me."

Acts 16:17

This girl, following Paul and us, was crying out, saying: "These men are servants of the Most High God! They are announcing to you the way of salvation!"

Hebrews 6:20

to the place where the forerunner Jesus has entered on our behalf, so as to become the High Priest for eternity, according to the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 7:2

And Abraham divided to him a tenth part of everything. And in translation his name is first, indeed, king of justice, and next also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

Hebrews 7:3

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life, he is thereby likened to the Son of God, who remains a priest continuously.

Hebrews 7:6

But this man, whose lineage is not enumerated with them, received tithes from Abraham, and he blessed even the one who held the promises.