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Hebrews 2:7-11 Good News Bible (GNB)

7. You made them for a little while lower than the angels;you crowned them with glory and honour,

8. and made them rulers over all things.”It says that God made them “rulers over all things”; this clearly includes everything. We do not, however, see human beings ruling over all things now.

9. But we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, so that through God's grace he should die for everyone. We see him now crowned with glory and honour because of the death he suffered.

10. It was only right that God, who creates and preserves all things, should make Jesus perfect through suffering, in order to bring many children to share his glory. For Jesus is the one who leads them to salvation.

11. He purifies people from their sins, and both he and those who are made pure all have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his family.