Cross References

Hebrews 7:8

New American Bible - revised edition

In the one case, mortal men receive tithes; in the other, a man of whom it is testified that he lives on.

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In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me, because I live and you will live.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Who were those who rebelled when they heard? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt under Moses?

just as he says in another place: “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”

where Jesus has entered on our behalf as forerunner, becoming high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Those priests were many because they were prevented by death from remaining in office,

Unquestionably, a lesser person is blessed by a greater.

One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, was tithed through Abraham,

Just as it is appointed that human beings die once, and after this the judgment,

the one who lives. Once I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys to death and the netherworld.