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He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

For to what angel did God ever say, "Thou art my Son, today I have begotten thee"? Or again, "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"?

But of the Son he says, "Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever, the righteous scepter is the scepter of thy kingdom.

But to what angel has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet"?

Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve, for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?

For if the message declared by angels was valid and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution,

For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking.

It has been testified somewhere, "What is man that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man, that thou carest for him?

Thou didst make him for a little while lower than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honor,

But we see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one.

For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.

For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

For surely it is not with angels that he is concerned but with the descendants of Abraham.

Therefore he had to be made like his brethren in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make expiation for the sins of the people.

For because he himself has suffered and been tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

(For every house is built by some one, but the builder of all things is God.)

where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years.

For we share in Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end,

For good news came to us just as to them; but the message which they heard did not benefit them, because it did not meet with faith in the hearers.

For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall never enter my rest,'" although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.