13 “But the tax collector, standing far off,(A) would not even raise his eyes to heaven(B) but kept striking his chest(C) and saying, ‘God, have mercy on me,[a](D) a sinner!’ (E)

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  1. 18:13 Or God, turn your wrath from me

13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast(A) and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’(B)

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13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

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25 God presented him as the mercy seat[a](A) by his blood,(B) through faith, to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his restraint God(C) passed over the sins previously committed.(D)

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  1. 3:25 Or propitiation, or place of atonement

25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[a](A) through the shedding of his blood(B)—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished(C)

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  1. Romans 3:25 The Greek for sacrifice of atonement refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see Lev. 16:15,16).

25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

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Instead he emptied himself(A)
by assuming the form of a servant,(B)
taking on the likeness of humanity.(C)
And when he had come as a man,

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rather, he made himself nothing(A)
    by taking the very nature[a] of a servant,(B)
    being made in human likeness.(C)

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  1. Philippians 2:7 Or the form

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

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15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are,(A) yet without sin.(B)

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15 For we do not have a high priest(A) who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are(B)—yet he did not sin.(C)

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15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

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Christ, a High Priest

For every high priest taken from among men is appointed in matters pertaining to God for the people, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he is also clothed with weakness.(A)

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Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God,(A) to offer gifts and sacrifices(B) for sins.(C) He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray,(D) since he himself is subject to weakness.(E)

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For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

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26 For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.(A) 27 He doesn’t need to offer sacrifices every day, as high priests do—first for their own sins, then for those of the people. He did this once for all time when he offered himself.(B) 28 For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promise of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son,(C) who has been perfected(D) forever.

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26 Such a high priest(A) truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners,(B) exalted above the heavens.(C) 27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices(D) day after day, first for his own sins,(E) and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all(F) when he offered himself.(G) 28 For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness;(H) but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son,(I) who has been made perfect(J) forever.

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26 For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

27 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.

28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.

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He himself is the atoning sacrifice[a](A) for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world.(B)

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  1. 2:2 Or the propitiation

He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,(A) and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.(B)

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And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

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10 Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(A) and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice[a](B) for our sins.

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  1. 4:10 Or the propitiation

10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(A) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.(B)

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10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

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