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13 He also said, `I will trust God.' And again, `Here am I and the children God has given to me.'

14 God's children all have a body. That is why Jesus himself had the same. But because Jesus also had a body, he was able to die and stop the devil. The devil has power to make people die. But Jesus, by his own death, was able to stop the power of death.

15 People were afraid to die. All their lives they were like slaves. When Jesus died, he was able to set them free from their fear.

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13 And again,

“I will put my trust in him.”[a](A)

And again he says,

“Here am I, and the children God has given me.”[b](B)

14 Since the children have flesh and blood,(C) he too shared in their humanity(D) so that by his death he might break the power(E) of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil(F) 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear(G) of death.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 2:13 Isaiah 8:17
  2. Hebrews 2:13 Isaiah 8:18