Hebrews 2

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1. 1Therefore we ought to pay even closer attention to the things we have heard, so that we do not at any time let them slip.
2. 2After all, the message delivered through angels proved to be binding, and every violation and act of disobedience received the punishment it deserved.
3. 3So how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first spoken by the Lord and confirmed to us by those who heard him.
4. 4God backed up their testimony with signs, wonders, all kinds of miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his own will.
5. 5Now, God didn't put the coming world we're talking about under the authority of angels.
6. 6But someone in a certain place testified, saying, "What is man, that you are mindful of him? Or the son of man, that you visit him?"
7. 7You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor and set him over the works of your hands.
8. 8You placed all things under his feet." When God put everything under him, he left nothing outside his control. Yet right now, we don't see everything under his control yet.
9. 9But we do see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he could taste death for every man.
10. 10For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
11. 11For both the one who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all of one. That's why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,
12. 12He says, "I will declare your name to my brothers. In the midst of the church, I will sing your praise."
13. 13He also says, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Here I am, together with the children God has given me."
14. 14Since the children share in flesh and blood, he also himself took part in the same; so that through death he might destroy the one who holds the power of death, that is, the devil;
15. 15and deliver those who were subject to bondage all their lives through fear of death.
16. 16For truly, he did not take on the nature of angels, but he took on the seed of Abraham.
17. 17Therefore, in all things, he had to be made like his brothers and sisters, so he could be a merciful and faithful high priest in matters related to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
18. 18Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to aid those who are being tempted.