Genesis 14:18 Cross References - BBE

¹⁸ And Melchizedek, king of Salem, the priest of the Most High God, took bread and wine,

¹⁰ And he said, May the Lord give you his blessing, my daughter: even better than what you did at the first is this last kind act you have done, in not going after young men, with or without wealth.

⁵ And David sent to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, May the Lord give you his blessing, because you have done this kind act to Saul your lord, and have put his body to rest!

¹⁷ I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I will make a song to the name of the Lord Most High.

¹⁴ Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High;

² I will send up my cry to the Most High God; to God who does all things for me.

² In Salem is his tent, his resting-place in Zion.

⁴ The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.

⁶ With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old?

²⁶ And when they were taking food, Jesus took bread and, after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to the disciples and said, Take it; this is my body. ²⁷ And he took a cup and, having given praise, he gave it to them, saying, ²⁸ Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins. ²⁹ But I say to you that from now I will not take of this fruit of the vine, till that day when I take it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

⁴⁸ But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,

¹⁷ She came after Paul and us, crying out and saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are giving you news of the way of salvation.

¹⁰ So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

⁶ As he says in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

¹⁰ Being named by God a high priest of the order of Melchizedek.

²⁰ Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

¹⁰ Because he was still in his father's body when Melchizedek came to him. ¹¹ Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi for the law was given to the people in connection with them, what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron? ¹² Because if the priests are changed, it is necessary to make a change in the law. ¹³ For he of whom these things are said comes of another tribe, of which no man has ever made offerings at the altar. ¹⁴ Because it is clear that our Lord comes out of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests from that tribe. ¹⁵ And this is even more clear if a second priest has come up who is like Melchizedek, ¹⁶ That is to say, not made by a law based on the flesh, but by the power of a life without end: ¹⁷ For it has been witnessed of him, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. ¹⁸ So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit. ¹⁹ Because the law made nothing complete, and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God. ²⁰ And as this is not without the taking of an oath ²¹ For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever; ²² By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.