Hebrews 2:18 Cross References - Moffatt

¹⁸ It is as he suffered by his temptations that he is able to help the tempted.

¹ Then Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit to be tempted by the devil. ² He fasted forty days and forty nights and afterwards felt hungry. ³ So the tempter came up and said to him, "If you are God's son, tell these stones to become loaves." ⁴ He answered, "It is written, Man is not to live on bread alone, but on every word that issues from the mouth of God." ⁵ Then the devil conveyed him to the holy city and, placing him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶ said to him, "If you are God's son, throw yourself down; for it is written, He will give his angels charge of you; they will bear you on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone." ⁷ Jesus said to him, "It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God." ⁸ Once more the devil conveyed him to an exceedingly high mountain and showed him all the realms of the world and their grandeur; ⁹ he said, "I will give you all that if you will fall down and worship me." ¹⁰ Then Jesus told him, "Begone, Satan! it is written, You must worship the Lord your God, and serve him alone."

³⁷ But he took Peter and the two sons of Zebedaeus along with him; and when he began to feel distressed and agitated, ³⁸ he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch with me." ³⁹ Then he went forward a little and fell on his face praying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me. Yet, not what I will but what thou wilt."

⁵³ Day after day I was beside you in the temple, and you never stretched a hand against me. But this is your hour, and the dark Power has its way."

²⁹ My Father who gave me them is stronger than all, and no one can snatch anything out of the Father's hand.

¹³ No temptation has waylaid you that is beyond man's power; trust God, he will never let you be tempted beyond what you can stand, but when temptation comes, he will provide the way out of it, so that you can bear up under it.

⁷ My wealth of visions might have puffed me up, so I was given a thorn in the flesh, an angel of Satan to rack me and keep me from being puffed up; ⁸ three times over I prayed the Lord to make it leave me, ⁹ but he told me, "It is enough for you to have my grace: it is in weakness that [my] power is fully felt." So I am proud to boast of all my weakness, and thus to have the power of Christ resting on my life. ¹⁰ It makes me satisfied, for Christ's sake, with weakness, insults, trouble, persecution, and calamity; for I am strong just when I am weak.

²¹ who will transform the body that belongs to our low estate till it resembles the body of his Glory, by the same power that enables him to make everything subject to himself.

¹² and this is why I am suffering. Still, I am not ashamed of it; I know whom I have trusted and I am certain he is able to keep what I have put into his hands till the great Day.

¹⁵ for ours is no high priest who is incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every respect like ourselves, yet without sinning. ¹⁶ So let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in the hour of need.

² can deal gently with those who err through ignorance, since he himself is beset with weakness —

⁷ In the days of his flesh, with bitter cries and tears, he offered prayers and supplications to Him who was able to save him from death; and he was heard, because of his godly fear. ⁸ Thus, Son though he was, he learned by all he suffered how to obey, ⁹ and by being thus perfected he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

²⁵ Hence for all time he is able to save those who approach God through him, as he is always living to intercede on their behalf. ²⁶ Such was the high priest for us, saintly, innocent, unstained, lifted high above the heavens, far from all contact with the sinful,

⁹ then be sure the Lord knows how to rescue pious folk from trial, and how to keep the unrighteous under punishment till the day of doom,

²⁴ Now to him who is able to keep you from slipping and to make you stand unblemished and exultant before his glory —

¹⁰ Because you have kept the word of my patient endurance, I will keep you safe through the hour of trial which is coming upon the whole world to test the dwellers on earth.