When he came to the place,<n id="1" /> he said to them, &#8220;Pray that you will not fall into temptation.&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">He humbled himself,p> <p class="poetry">by becoming obedient to the point of deathp> <p class="poetry">&#8211; even death on a cross!p>

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,<n id="1" /> he eagerly searched for me and found me.

Thus he became<n id="1" /> so far better than the angels as<n id="2" /> he has inherited a name superior to theirs.p>

By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter,

Although it grieved the king deeply,<n id="1" /> he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> they came to Capernaum.<n id="2" /> After Jesus<n id="3" /> was inside the house he asked them, &#8220;What were you discussing on the way?&#8221;

This Jesus<n id="1" /> is <b><i>the stone that was rejected byi>b> you,<n id="2" /> <b><i>the builders, that has become the cornerstonei>b>.<n id="3" />

Calling for lights, the jailer<n id="1" /> rushed in and fell down<n id="2" /> trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

<p class="poetry">but emptied himselfp> <p class="poetry">by taking on the form of a slave,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">by looking like other men,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and by sharing in human nature.<n id="3" />p>

where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became <b><i>a priest forever in the order of Melchizedeki>b>.<n id="1" />p>

And in his anguish<n id="1" /> he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]<n id="2" />

(Now this man Judas<n id="1" /> acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed,<n id="2" /> and falling headfirst<n id="3" /> he burst open in the middle and all his intestines<n id="4" /> gushed out.

&#8216;<b><i>I am the God of your forefathers,i>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>the God of Abraham, Isaac,i>b><n id="2" /> <b><i>and Jacobi>b>.&#8217;<n id="3" /> Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely.<n id="4" />

Immediately an angel of the Lord<n id="1" /> struck<n id="2" /> Herod<n id="3" /> down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.<n id="4" />

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming<n id="1" /> a curse for us (because it is written, &#8220;<b><i>Cursed is everyone who hangs on a treei>b>&#8221;)<n id="2" />

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<n id="1" /> who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God<n id="2" /> promised to those who love him.

This is the man who was in the congregation<n id="1" /> in the wilderness<n id="2" /> with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors,<n id="3" /> and he<n id="4" /> received living oracles<n id="5" /> to give to you.<n id="6" />