Hebrews 12:2

New Century Version

Let us look only to Jesus, the One who began our faith and who makes it perfect. He suffered death on the cross. But he accepted the shame as if it were nothing because of the joy that God put before him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne.

Cross References

Psalm 110:1

The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit by me at my right side until I put your enemies under your control.”

Psalm 138:8

Lord, you do everything for me. Lord, your love continues forever. Do not leave us, whom you made.

Isaiah 31:1

How terrible it will be for those people who go down to Egypt for help. They think horses will save them. They think their many chariots and strong horsemen will save them. But they don’t trust God, the Holy One of Israel, or ask the Lord for help.

Isaiah 45:22

“All people everywhere, follow me and be saved. I am God. There is no other God.

Isaiah 53:3

He was hated and rejected by people. He had much pain and suffering. People would not even look at him. He was hated, and we didn’t even notice him.

Isaiah 8:17

I will wait for the Lord to help us, the Lord who is ashamed of the family of Israel. I will wait for him.

Micah 7:7

Israel says, “I will look to the Lord for help. I will wait for God to save me; my God will hear me.

Zechariah 12:10

“I will pour out on David’s family and the people in Jerusalem a spirit of kindness and mercy. They will look at me, the one they have stabbed, and they will cry like someone crying over the death of an only child. They will be as sad as someone who has lost a firstborn son.

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 and lived.

Matthew 16:21

From that time on Jesus began telling his followers that he must go to Jerusalem, where the Jewish elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of the law would make him suffer many things. He told them he must be killed and then be raised from the dead on the third day.

Matthew 20:28

In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served. He came to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many people.”

Mark 14:36

He prayed, “Abba, Father! You can do all things. Take away this cup of suffering. But do what you want, not what I want.”

Mark 15:28

And the Scripture came true that says, “They put him with criminals.”]

Mark 16:19

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

Mark 9:12

Jesus answered, “They are right to say that Elijah must come first and make everything the way it should be. But why does the Scripture say that the Son of Man will suffer much and that people will treat him as if he were nothing?

Mark 9:24

Immediately the father cried out, “I do believe! Help me to believe more!”

Luke 17:5

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

Luke 23:11

After Herod and his soldiers had made fun of Jesus, they dressed him in a kingly robe and sent him back to Pilate.

Luke 24:26

They said that the Christ must suffer these things before he enters his glory.”

John 1:29

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

John 12:24

I tell you the truth, a grain of wheat must fall to the ground and die to make many seeds. But if it never dies, it remains only a single seed.

John 12:32

If I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people toward me.”

John 13:3

Jesus knew that the Father had given him power over everything and that he had come from God and was going back to God.

John 6:40

Those who see the Son and believe in him have eternal life, and I will raise them on the last day. This is what my Father wants.”

John 8:56

Your father Abraham was very happy that he would see my day. He saw that day and was glad.”

Acts 2:36

“So, all the people of Israel should know this truly: God has made Jesus —the man you nailed to the cross—both Lord and Christ.”

Acts 3:15

And so you killed the One who gives life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses to this.

Acts 5:31

Jesus is the One whom God raised to be on his right side, as Leader and Savior. Through him, all people could change their hearts and lives and have their sins forgiven.

Acts 5:41

The apostles left the meeting full of joy because they were given the honor of suffering disgrace for Jesus.

1 Corinthians 1:18

The teaching about the cross is foolishness to those who are being lost, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:23

But we preach a crucified Christ. This causes the Jews to stumble and is foolishness to non-Jews.

Ephesians 2:16

It was also Christ’s purpose to end the hatred between the two groups, to make them into one body, and to bring them back to God. Christ did all this with his death on the cross.

Ephesians 5:2

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

Philippians 1:6

God began doing a good work in you, and I am sure he will continue it until it is finished when Jesus Christ comes again.

Philippians 3:20

But our homeland is in heaven, and we are waiting for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come from heaven.

2 Timothy 4:8

Now, a crown is being held for me—a crown for being right with God. The Lord, the judge who judges rightly, will give the crown to me on that day—not only to me but to all those who have waited with love for him to come again.

Hebrews 1:13

And God never said this to an angel: “Sit by me at my right side until I put your enemies under your control.”

Hebrews 1:3

The Son reflects the glory of God and shows exactly what God is like. He holds everything together with his powerful word. When the Son made people clean from their sins, he sat down at the right side of God, the Great One in heaven.

Hebrews 10:14

With one sacrifice he made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

Hebrews 10:33

Sometimes you were hurt and attacked before crowds of people, and sometimes you shared with those who were being treated that way.

Hebrews 11:36

Some were laughed at and beaten. Others were put in chains and thrown into prison.

Hebrews 12:3

Think about Jesus’ example. He held on while wicked people were doing evil things to him. So do not get tired and stop trying.

Hebrews 13:13

So let us go to Jesus outside the camp, holding on as he did when we are abused.

Hebrews 5:9

And because his obedience was perfect, he was able to give eternal salvation to all who obey him.

Hebrews 7:19

The law of Moses could not make anything perfect. But now a better hope has been given to us, and with this hope we can come near to God.

Hebrews 8:1

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

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, not to offer himself for sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

James 2:1

My dear brothers and sisters, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, never think some people are more important than others.

1 Peter 1:11

The Spirit of Christ was in the prophets, telling in advance about the sufferings of Christ and about the glory that would follow those sufferings. The prophets tried to learn about what the Spirit was showing them, when those things would happen, and what the world would be like at that time.

1 Peter 3:18

Christ himself suffered for sins once. He was not guilty, but he suffered for those who are guilty to bring you to God. His body was killed, but he was made alive in the spirit.

1 Peter 3:22

Now Jesus has gone into heaven and is at God’s right side ruling over angels, authorities, and powers.

Jude 1:21

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

Revelation 1:11

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

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, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.

Revelation 1:8

The Lord God says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega. I am the One who is and was and is coming. I am the Almighty.”

Revelation 2:8

“Write this to the angel of the church in Smyrna: “The One who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again, says this: