Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. Hebrews 5:1 NABRE The letter to the Hebrews discusses the priesthood, describing it in the context of the Hebrew Scriptures, which has long, minutely detailed sections devoted to the…
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Do everything without grumbling or questioning, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like lights in the world, Philippians 2:14-15 NABRE Paul writing to the community at Philippi is challenging them to…
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Jesus heard this and said to them [that], “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” Mark 2:17 NABRE Mark is telling the story of Jesus calling a disciple whose occupation is tax collector. Tax…
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For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this manner, “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works”; Hebrews 4:4 NABRE This section of the letter to the Hebrews picks up the discussion from early verses around Psalm Ninety-Five, particularly concerning entering God’s rest. The…
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Take care, brothers, that none of you may have an evil and unfaithful heart, so as to forsake the living God. Hebrews 3:12 NABRE The letter to the Hebrews includes verses from Psalm Ninety-Five, concluding; “Therefore I swore in my anger: They shall never enter my rest.” (Verse 11) God…
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