Hebrews 9:15

Easy To Read Version

So Christ brings a new agreement {\cf2\super [108]} from God to his people. Christ brings this new agreement so that those people that are called by God can have the things that God promised. God’s people can have those things forever. They can have those things because Christ died to pay for the sins that people did under the first agreement. {\cf2\super [109]} Christ died to make people free from those sins.

Cross References

Psalm 37:18

The Lord protects pure people\par all their life.\par Their reward will continue forever.\par

Daniel 9:26

After the 62 weeks, {\cf2\super [112]} the chosen person will be killed. {\cf2\super [113]} He will be gone. {\cf2\super [114]} Then the people of the future leader will destroy the city and the holy place. That end will come like a flood. War will continue until the end. God has ordered that place to be completely destroyed.

Matthew 19:29

And every person that has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or farms to follow me will get much more than he left. And that person will have life forever.

Matthew 22:3

The king invited some people to the feast. When the feast was ready, the king sent his servants to tell those people to come. But the people refused to come to the king’s feast.

Matthew 25:34

“Then the king will say to those good people on his right, ‘Come. My Father has given you great blessings. Come and get the kingdom God promised you. That kingdom has been prepared for you since the world was made.

Matthew 25:36

I was without clothes, and you gave me something to wear. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you came to visit me.’

Mark 10:17

Jesus started to leave, but a man ran to him and bowed on his knees before Jesus. The man asked, “Good teacher, what must I do to get the life that never ends?”

Luke 18:18

A \{Jewish\} leader asked Jesus, “Good teacher, what must I do to get the life that continues forever?”

Luke 22:20

In the same way, after supper, Jesus took the cup of wine and said, “This wine shows the new agreement \{from God to his people\}. This new agreement begins with my blood (death) that I am giving for you.” {\cf2\super [350]}

John 10:28

I give my sheep eternal life. They will never die. And no person can take them out of my hand.

Acts 20:32

“Now I am giving you to God. I am depending on the message {\cf2\super [410]} about God’s grace (kindness) to make you strong. That message is able to give you the blessings that God gives to all his holy people. {\cf2\super [411]}

Romans 5:10

I mean that while we were God’s enemies, God made friends with us through the death of his Son. So surely, now that we are God’s friends, God will save us through his Son’s life.

Romans 5:6

Christ died for us while we were still weak people. We were living against God, but at the right time, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8

But Christ died for us while we were still sinners. In that way God showed us that he loves us very much.

Romans 6:23

When people sin, they earn what sin pays—death. But God gives his people a free gift—life forever in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:28

We know that in everything God works for the good of those people that love him. These are the people God called (chose), because that was his plan.

Romans 8:30

God planned for those people to be like his Son. And he called (chose) those people. God called those people and made them right with him. And God gave his glory to those people that he made right.

Romans 9:24

We are those people. We are the people God called (chose). God called us from the Jews and from the non-Jews.

2 Corinthians 3:6

God made us able to be servants of a new agreement \{from God to his people\}. This new agreement is not a written law. It is of the Spirit. {\cf2\super [9]} The written law brings death, but the Spirit gives life.

Galatians 3:20

But a mediator is not needed when there is only one side, and God, \{who gave the promise,\} is only one.

Ephesians 1:7

In Christ we are made free by Christ’s blood (death). We have forgiveness of sins because of God’s rich grace.

2 Thessalonians 2:14

God called you to have that salvation. He called you by using the Good News {\cf2\super [9]} that we told you. God called you so that you can share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Timothy 2:5

There is only one God. And there is only one way that people can reach God. That way is through Jesus Christ, who is also a man.

2 Timothy 2:10

So I patiently accept all these troubles. I do this to help all the people that God has chosen. I accept these troubles so that those people can have the salvation that is in Christ Jesus. With that salvation comes glory that never ends.

Titus 1:2

That faith and that knowledge come from our hope for life forever. God promised that life to us before time began—and God does not lie.

Titus 3:7

We were made right with God by his grace (kindness). God saved us so that we could be his children and look forward to receiving life that never ends.

Hebrews 10:34

Yes, you helped those people in prison and shared in their suffering. And you were still happy when all the things you owned were taken away from you. You continued to be happy, because you knew that you had something much better—something that would continue forever.

Hebrews 10:36

You must be patient. After you have done what God wants, then you will get the things that he promised you.

Hebrews 11:13

All those great men continued living with faith until they died. Those men did not get the things that God promised his people. The men only saw those things coming far in the future and were glad. Those men accepted the fact that they were like visitors and strangers on earth.

Hebrews 12:24

You have come to Jesus—the One that brought the new agreement {\cf2\super [168]} from God to his people. You have come to the sprinkled blood {\cf2\super [169]} that tells us about better things than the blood of Abel. {\cf2\super [170]}

Hebrews 2:14

Those children are people with physical bodies. So Jesus himself became like those people and had the same experiences people have. Jesus did this so that, by dying, he could destroy the one who has the power of death. That one is the devil.

Hebrews 3:1

So all of you should think about Jesus. God sent Jesus to us, and he is the high priest {\cf2\super [15]} of our faith. I tell you to think about him, my brothers and sisters, because God chose you to be his holy {\cf2\super [16]} people.

Hebrews 6:13

Any person who lives on milk is still a baby. That person knows nothing about right teaching.

Hebrews 6:15

Abraham waited patiently for this to happen. And later Abraham received what God promised.

Hebrews 7:22

So this means that Jesus is the guarantee of a better agreement {\cf2\super [72]} \{from God to his people\}.

Hebrews 8:13

God called this a new agreement, {\cf2\super [90]} so God has made the first agreement {\cf2\super [91]} old. And anything that is old and useless is ready to disappear.

Hebrews 9:12

Christ entered the Most Holy Place {\cf2\super [105]} only one time—enough for all time. Christ entered the Most Holy Place by using his own blood (death), not the blood of goats or young bulls. Christ entered there and got for us freedom forever.

Hebrews 9:16

When a man dies, he leaves a will {\cf2\super [110]} (agreement). But people must prove that the man who wrote that will is dead.

Hebrews 9:28

So Christ was offered as a sacrifice one time to take away the sins of many people. And Christ will come a second time, but not for people’s sin. Christ will come the second time to bring salvation to those people who are waiting for him.

James 1:12

What great blessings there are for the person who is tempted and still continues strong. Why? Because after he has proved his faith, God will give him the reward of life forever. God promised this to all people who love him.

1 Peter 3:18

Christ himself died for you. And that one death paid for your sins. He was not guilty, but he died for people who are guilty. He did this to bring you all to God. His body was killed, but he was made alive in the spirit.

1 Peter 5:10

Yes, you will suffer for a short time. But after that, God will make everything right. He will make you strong. He will support you and keep you from falling. He is the God that gives all grace (kindness). He called you to share in his glory in Christ. That glory will continue forever.

1 John 2:25

And this is what the Son promised to us—life forever.

Revelation 5:9

And they all sang a new song \{to the Lamb\}: