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14 With one sacrifice he accomplished the work of setting them apart for God forever.
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For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
15 The Holy Spirit tells us the same thing:
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The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:
16 "This is the promise that I will make to them after those days, says the Lord: 'I will put my teachings in their hearts and write them in 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 no longer hold their sins and their disobedience against them."
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Then he adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
18 When sins are forgiven, there is no longer any need to sacrifice for sins.
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And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.
19 Brothers and sisters, because of the blood of Jesus we can now confidently go into the holy place.
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Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
20 Jesus has opened a new and living way for us to go through the curtain. (The curtain is his own body.)
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by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body,
21 We have a superior priest in charge of God's house.
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and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
22 We have been sprinkled [with his blood] to free us from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with clean water. So we must continue to come [to him] with a sincere heart and strong faith.
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let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
23 We must continue to hold firmly to our declaration of faith. The one who made the promise is faithful.
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Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
24 We must also consider how to encourage each other to show love and to do good things.
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And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,
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