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1 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
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The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?
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Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins.
3 But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year.
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But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.
4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
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It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me;
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Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me;
6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure.
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with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased.
7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.'"
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Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll— I have come to do your will, my God.’ ”
8 When he said above, "You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings" (these are offered according to the law),
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First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law.
9 then he added, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He does away with the first in order to establish the second.
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Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second.
10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
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And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
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Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,
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But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,
13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.
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and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool.
14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
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For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
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The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:
16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,"
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“This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.”
17 then he adds, "I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more."
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Then he adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
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And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.
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