When he came to the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”

He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death – even death on a cross!

In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless.

But when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me.

Thus he became so far better than the angels as he has inherited a name superior to theirs.

By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,

Although it grieved the king deeply, he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.

Then they came to Capernaum. After Jesus was inside the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”

This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone.

Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature.

where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]

(Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

‘I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely.

Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”)

For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

This is the man who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors, and he received living oracles to give to you.