He told his faithful apostles: “You are the ones that have stuck with me in my trials; and I make a covenant with you, just as my Father has made a covenant with me, for a kingdom, that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel. ”
जिस प्रकार पिता ने यीशु के साथ वाचा बाँधी थी मेल्कीसेदेक की रीति पर याजक होने के लिये, उसी प्रकार मसीह ने भी अपने विश्‍वासी अनुयायीयों के साथ एक व्यक्‍तिगत वाचा बाँधी थी ।