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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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" /><title>Hebrews 7:28 Catholic Bible: The Law of Moses appoints men who are imperfect to be high priests; but God's promise made with the vow, which came later than the Law, appoints the Son, who has been made perfect forever. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/hebrews/7-28.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="../vmenus/hebrews/7-28.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="/bmcc/hebrews/7-28.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="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/hebrews/1.htm">Hebrews</a> > <a href="/gntd/hebrews/7.htm">Chapter 7</a> > Verse 28</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><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrews/7-27.htm" title="Hebrews 7:27">◄</a> Hebrews 7:28 <a href="../hebrews/8-1.htm" title="Hebrews 8:1">►</a></div></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="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/hebrews/7.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/hebrews/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The Law of Moses appoints men who are imperfect to be high priests; but God's promise made with the vow, which came later than the Law, appoints the Son, who has been made perfect forever. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For the law appoints as high priests those who are subject to weakness, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/hebrews/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The Law appoints priests who have weaknesses. But God's promise, which came later than the Law, appoints his Son. And he is the perfect high priest forever. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hebrews/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For the law appoints men subject to weakness to be high priests, but the word of the oath, which was taken after the law, appoints a son, who has been made perfect forever.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/hebrews/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For the law maketh men priests, who have infirmity: but the word of the oath (which was since the law) the Son who is perfected for evermore.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">For the law maketh men priests, who have infirmity: but the word of the oath (which was since the law) the Son who is perfected for evermore.</p><p class="hdg">the law maketh.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../hebrews/5-1.htm">Hebrews 5:1,2</a> For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in the things that appertain to God, that he may offer up gifts and sacrifices for sins: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../exodus/32-21.htm">Exodus 32:21,22</a> And he said to Aaron: What has this people done to thee, that thou shouldst bring upon them a most heinous sin? . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../leviticus/4-3.htm">Leviticus 4:3</a> If the priest that is anointed shall sin, making the people to offend, he shall offer to the Lord for his sin a calf without blemish.</p><p class="hdg">the word.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../hebrews/7-21.htm">Hebrews 7:21</a> But this with an oath, by him that said unto him: The Lord hath sworn and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever).</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/110-4.htm">Psalm 110:4</a> The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech.</p><p class="hdg">maketh the.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../hebrews/7-3.htm">Hebrews 7:3</a> Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but likened unto the Son of God, continueth a priest for ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2</a> In these days, hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../hebrews/3-6.htm">Hebrews 3:6</a> But Christ, as the Son in his own house: which house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and glory of hope unto the end.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../hebrews/4-14.htm">Hebrews 4:14</a> Having therefore a great high priest that hath passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God: let us hold fast our confession.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../hebrews/5-5.htm">Hebrews 5:5,8</a> So Christ also did not glorify himself, that he might be made a high priest: but he that said unto him: Thou art my Son: this day have I begotten thee. . . . </p><p class="hdg">who.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../hebrews/7-21.htm">Hebrews 7:21,24</a> But this with an oath, by him that said unto him: The Lord hath sworn and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever). . . . </p><p class="hdg">consecrated.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../hebrews/2-10.htm">Hebrews 2:10</a> For it became him for whom are all things and by whom are all things, who had brought many children into glory, to perfect the author of their salvation, by his passion.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../hebrews/5-9.htm">Hebrews 5:9</a> And being consummated, he became, to all that obey him, the cause of eternal salvation:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/13-32.htm">Luke 13:32</a> And he said to them: Go and tell that fox: Behold, I cast out devils and do cures, to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am consummated.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../john/19-30.htm">John 19:30</a> Jesus therefore, when he had taken the vinegar, said: It is consummated. And bowing his head, he gave up the ghost.</p><p class="hdg2">*Gr:</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/hebrews/7.htm">A Superior Priesthood</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">27</span>Who needeth not daily (as the other priests) to offer sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, in offering himself. <span class="reftext">28</span><span class="highl">For the law maketh men priests, who have infirmity: but the word of the oath (which was since the law) the Son who is perfected for evermore.</span><div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/13-32.htm">Luke 13:32</a></span><br />And he said to them: Go and tell that fox: Behold, I cast out devils and do cures, to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am consummated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../hebrews/1-2.htm">Hebrews 1:2</a></span><br />In these days, hath spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../hebrews/2-10.htm">Hebrews 2:10</a></span><br />For it became him for whom are all things and by whom are all things, who had brought many children into glory, to perfect the author of their salvation, by his passion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../hebrews/2-17.htm">Hebrews 2:17</a></span><br />Wherefore, it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest before God, that he might be a propitiation for the sins of the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../hebrews/3-1.htm">Hebrews 3:1</a></span><br />Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly vocation consider the apostle and high priest of our confession, Jesus:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../hebrews/5-2.htm">Hebrews 5:2</a></span><br />Who can have compassion on them that are ignorant and that err: because he himself also is compassed with infirmity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../hebrews/7-3.htm">Hebrews 7:3</a></span><br />Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but likened unto the Son of God, continueth a priest for ever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../hebrews/7-21.htm">Hebrews 7:21</a></span><br />But this with an oath, by him that said unto him: The Lord hath sworn and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../hebrews/7-24.htm">Hebrews 7:24</a></span><br />But this, for that he continueth for ever, hath an everlasting priesthood:<span class="p"><br /><br 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