Hebrews 12:2

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

We must never stop looking to Jesus. He is the leader of our faith, and he is the one who makes our faith complete. He suffered death on a cross. But he accepted the shame of the cross as if it were nothing because of the joy he could see waiting for him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne.

Cross References

Micah 7:7

So I will look to the Lord for help. I will wait for God to save me. My God will hear me.

1 Peter 3:18

Christ himself suffered when he died for you, and with that one death he paid for your sins. He was not guilty, but he died for people who are guilty. He did this to bring all of you to God. In his physical form he was killed, but he was made alive by the Spirit.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son shows the glory of God. He is a perfect copy of God’s nature, and he holds everything together by his powerful command. The Son made people clean from their sins. Then he sat down at the right side of God, the Great One in heaven.

Ephesians 5:2

Live a life of love. Love others just as Christ loved us. He gave himself for us—a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice to God.

Philippians 1:6

I am sure that the good work God began in you will continue until he completes it on the day when Jesus Christ comes again.

Hebrews 9:28

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

John 6:40

Everyone who sees the Son and believes in him has eternal life. I will raise them up on the last day. This is what my Father wants.”

1 Peter 3:22

Now he has gone into heaven. He is at God’s right side and rules over angels, authorities, and powers.

Acts 5:31

Jesus is the one God honored by giving him a place at his right side. He made him our Leader and Savior. God did this to give all the people of Israel the opportunity to change and turn to God to have their sins forgiven.

Luke 24:26

The prophets said the Messiah must suffer these things before he begins his time of glory.”

Isaiah 53:3

People made fun of him, and even his friends left him. He was a man who suffered a lot of pain and sickness. We treated him like someone of no importance, like someone people will not even look at but turn away from in disgust.

Isaiah 45:22

So all you people in faraway places, turn to me and be saved, because I am God, and there is no other.

Jude 1:21

Keep yourselves safe in God’s love, as you wait for the Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy to give you eternal life.

Hebrews 8:1

Here is the point of what we are saying: We have a high priest like that, who sits on the right side of God’s throne in heaven.

2 Timothy 4:8

Now, a prize is waiting for me—the crown that will show I am right with God. The Lord, the judge who judges rightly, will give it to me on that Day. Yes, he will give it to me and to everyone else who is eagerly looking forward to his coming.

Philippians 3:20

But the government that rules us is in heaven. We are waiting for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from there.

Mark 14:36

He said, “Abba, Father! You can do all things. Don’t make me drink from this cup. But do what you want, not what I want.”

Isaiah 8:17

The Lord has turned away from the family of Jacob. But I will wait for him. I trust that he will come to save us.

Revelation 2:8

“Write this to the angel of the church in Smyrna: “Here is a message from the one who is the First and the Last, the one who died and came to life again.

Hebrews 13:13

So we should go to Jesus outside the camp and accept the same shame that he had.

Hebrews 5:9

This made him the perfect high priest, who provides the way for everyone who obeys him to be saved forever.

John 13:3

The Father had given Jesus power over everything. Jesus knew this. He also knew that he had come from God. And he knew that he was going back to God.

Luke 17:5

The apostles said to the Lord, “Give us more faith!”

Mark 9:24

Immediately the father shouted, “I do believe. Help me to believe more!”

Hebrews 12:3

Think about Jesus. He patiently endured the angry insults that sinful people were shouting at him. Think about him so that you won’t get discouraged and stop trying.

Ephesians 2:16

Through the cross Christ ended the hate between the two groups. And after they became one body, he wanted to bring them both back to God. He did this with his death on the cross.

Acts 5:41

The apostles left the council meeting. They were happy because they were given the honor of suffering dishonor for Jesus.

John 12:32

I will be lifted up from the earth. When that happens, I will draw all people to myself.”

Psalm 138:8

Lord, I know you will do what you have promised. Lord, your faithful love will last forever. You are the one who made us, so don’t leave us!

1 Peter 1:11

The Spirit of Christ was in those prophets. And the Spirit was telling about the sufferings that would happen to Christ and about the glory that would come after those sufferings. The prophets tried to learn about what the Spirit was showing them—when it would happen and what the world would be like at that time.

Hebrews 10:14

With one sacrifice Christ made his people perfect forever. They are the ones who are being made holy.

John 12:24

It is a fact that a grain of wheat must fall to the ground and die before it can grow and produce much more wheat. If it never dies, it will never be more than a single seed.

John 8:56

Your father Abraham was very happy that he would see the day when I came. He saw that day and was happy.”

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God. He takes away the sins of the world!

Luke 23:11

Then Herod and his soldiers laughed at him. They made fun of him by dressing him in clothes like kings wear. Then Herod sent him back to Pilate.

Matthew 20:28

Do as I did: The Son of Man did not come for people to serve him. He came to serve others and to give his life to save many people.”

Matthew 16:21

From that time Jesus began telling his followers that he must go to Jerusalem. He explained that the older Jewish leaders, the leading priests, and the teachers of the law would make him suffer many things. And he told his followers that he must be killed. Then, on the third day, he would be raised from death.

Zechariah 12:10

I will fill David’s family and the people living in Jerusalem with a spirit of kindness and mercy. They will look to me, the one they stabbed, and they will be very sad. They will be as sad as someone crying over the death of their only son, as sad as someone crying over the death of their firstborn son.

Isaiah 31:1

Look at the people going down to Egypt for help. They think the horses they get will save them. They hope the many chariots and powerful soldiers will protect them. But the people don’t trust the Holy One of Israel. They didn’t ask the Lord for help.

Revelation 1:17

When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. He put his right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last.

Revelation 1:11

It said, “Write down in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

Hebrews 7:19

The Law of Moses could not make anything perfect. But now a better hope has been given to us. And with that hope we can come near to God.

Hebrews 1:13

And God never said this to an angel: “Sit at my right side until I put your enemies under your power.” Psalm 110:1

Acts 2:36

“So, all the people of Israel should know this for certain: God has made Jesus to be Lord and Messiah. He is the man you nailed to the cross!”

Mark 9:12

Jesus answered, “They are right to say that Elijah must come first. Elijah makes all things the way they should be. But why do the Scriptures say that the Son of Man will suffer much and that people will think he is worth nothing?

Psalm 110:1

The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at my right side, while I put your enemies under your control.”

Revelation 1:8

The Lord God says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega. I am the one who is, who always was, and who is coming. I am the All-Powerful.”

Hebrews 11:36

Some were laughed at and beaten. Others were tied up and put in prison.

Hebrews 10:33

Sometimes people said hateful things to you and mistreated you in public. And sometimes you helped others who were being treated that same way.

Mark 16:19

After the Lord Jesus said these things to his followers, he was carried up into heaven. There, Jesus sat at the right side of God.

Acts 3:15

And so you killed the one who gives life! But God raised him from death. We are witnesses of this—we saw it with our own eyes.

1 Corinthians 1:18

The teaching about the cross seems foolish to those who are lost. But to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:23

But this is the message we tell everyone: Christ was killed on a cross. This message is a problem for Jews, and to other people it is nonsense.

James 2:1

My dear brothers and sisters, you are believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. So don’t treat some people better than others.

Numbers 21:9

So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole. Then when a snake bit anyone, that person looked at the bronze snake on the pole and lived.

Mark 15:28