21 but he with an oath by the one who said to him,

“The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind,
    ‘You are a priest forever[a]’”[b]),

22 by so much more[c] Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

23 And indeed many have become[d] priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office,

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 7:21 Literally “for the age”
  2. Hebrews 7:21 A quotation from Ps 110:4 (see also Heb 5:6; 6:20; 7:17)
  3. Hebrews 7:22 Some manuscripts have “so much more also”
  4. Hebrews 7:23 Literally “are having become”