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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Hebrews 7 NKJV KJV Parallel</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newp.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/hebrews/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../../topmenuchap/hebrews/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/hebrews/">Hebrews</a> > Hebrews 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrews/6.shtml" title="Hebrews 6">◄</a> Hebrews 7 <a href="../hebrews/8.shtml" title="Hebrews 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">NKJV Parallel KJV <a href="../../bsb/hebrews/7.shtml">[BSB</a> <a href="../../csb/hebrews/7.shtml">CSB</a> <a href="../../esv/hebrews/7.shtml">ESV</a> <a href="../../hcs/hebrews/7.shtml">HCS</a> <a href="../../kjv/hebrews/7.shtml">KJV</a> <a href="../../isv/hebrews/7.shtml">ISV</a> <a href="../../nas/hebrews/7.shtml">NAS</a> <a href="../../net/hebrews/7.shtml">NET</a> <a href="../../niv/hebrews/7.shtml">NIV</a> <a href="../../nlt/hebrews/7.shtml">NLT</a> <a href="../../heb/hebrews/7.shtml">GRK]</a></div><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="50%">New King James Version</td><td class="version" width="50%">King James Bible</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,”<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now consider how great this man <i>was,</i> to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now consider how great this man <i>was</i>, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And indeed those who are of the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to receive tithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brethren, though they have come from the loins of Abraham;<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">but he whose genealogy is not derived from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Now beyond all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the better.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Here mortal men receive tithes, but there he <i>receives them,</i> of whom it is witnessed that he lives.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And here men that die receive tithes; but there he <i>receiveth them</i>, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Even Levi, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, so to speak,<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Therefore, if perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need <i>was there</i> that another priest should rise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be called according to the order of Aaron?<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need <i>was there</i> that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For He of whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no man has officiated at the altar.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For <i>it is</i> evident that our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For <i>it is</i> evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For He testifies: “You <i>are</i> a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.”<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For he testifieth, Thou <i>art</i> a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness,<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext1">for the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, <i>there is the</i> bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope <i>did</i>; by the which we draw nigh unto God.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And inasmuch as <i>He was</i> not <i>made priest</i> without an oath<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And inasmuch as not without an oath <i>he was made priest</i>:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext1">(for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him: “The LORD has sworn And will not relent, ‘You <i>are</i> a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek’ ” ),<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="btext2">(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou <i>art</i> a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext1">by so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="btext2">By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But this <i>man</i>, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For such a High Priest was fitting for us, <i>who is</i> holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens;<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For such an high priest became us, <i>who is</i> holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext1">who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext1">For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, <i>appoints</i> the Son who has been perfected forever.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; 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