Hebrews 2:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jesus and the people he makes holy all belong to the same family. That is why he isn't ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.

Cross References

Matthew 25:40

The king will answer, “Whenever you did it for any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you did it for me.”

Matthew 28:10

Then Jesus said, “Don't be afraid! Tell my followers to go to Galilee. They will see me there.”

Mark 3:34

Then he looked at the people sitting around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers.

Mark 8:38

Don't be ashamed of me and my message among these unfaithful and sinful people! If you are, the Son of Man will be ashamed of you when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Luke 9:26

If you are ashamed of me and my message, the Son of Man will be ashamed of you when he comes in his glory and in the glory of his Father and the holy angels.

John 17:19

I have given myself completely for their sake, so that they may belong completely to the truth.

John 17:21

I want all of them to be one with each other, just as I am one with you and you are one with me. I also want them to be one with us. Then the people of this world will believe that you sent me.

John 20:17

Jesus told her, “Don't hold on to me! I have not yet gone to the Father. But tell my disciples that I am going to the one who is my Father and my God, as well as your Father and your God.”

Acts 17:26

From one person God made all nations who live on earth, and he decided when and where every nation would be.

Acts 17:28

and he gives us the power to live, to move, and to be who we are. “We are his children,” just as some of your poets have said.

Romans 8:29

and he has always known who his chosen ones would be. He had decided to let them become like his own Son, so that his Son would be the first of many children.

Galatians 4:4

But when the time was right, God sent his Son, and a woman gave birth to him. His Son obeyed the Law,

Hebrews 10:10

So we are made holy because Christ obeyed God and offered himself once for all.

Hebrews 10:14

By his one sacrifice he has for ever set free from sin the people he brings to God.

Hebrews 11:16

But they were looking forward to a better home in heaven. That's why God wasn't ashamed for them to call him their God. He even built a city for them.

Hebrews 13:12

Jesus himself suffered outside the city gate, so that his blood would make people holy.

Hebrews 2:14

We are people of flesh and blood. That is why Jesus became one of us. He died to destroy the devil, who had power over death.

Hebrews 3:1

My friends, God has chosen you to be his holy people. So think about Jesus, the one we call our apostle and high priest!