1 For the Law, since it has only 1a shadow of 2the goodthings to come and not the veryform of things, can3never, by the samesacrificeswhich they offercontinuallyyear by year, 4makeperfectthose who drawnear.
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Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would nolongerhavehad5consciousness of sins?
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But 6in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sinsyear by year.
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For it is 7impossible for the 8blood of bulls and goats to takeawaysins.
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Therefore, 9when He comes into the world, He says, "10SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, BUT 11A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME;
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12IN WHOLEBURNTOFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE TAKENNOPLEASURE.
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"13THEN I SAID, 'BEHOLD, I HAVECOME (IN 14THE SCROLL OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD.' "
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After sayingabove, "15SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND 16WHOLEBURNTOFFERINGS AND sacrifices 17FOR SIN YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, NOR HAVE YOU TAKENPLEASURE in them" (which are offeredaccording to the Law ),
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then He said, "18BEHOLD, I HAVECOME TO DO YOUR WILL." He takesaway the first in order to establish the second.
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By thiswill we have been19sanctifiedthrough20the offering of 21the body of JesusChrist22once for all.
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Everyprieststandsdaily*ministering and 23offeringtimeaftertime the samesacrifices, which24cannevertakeawaysins;
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but He, having offeredonesacrifice25for sins26for alltime, 27SATDOWN AT THE RIGHTHAND OF GOD,
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waiting from that timeonward28UNTIL HIS ENEMIES BE MADE A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET.
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For by oneoffering He has 29perfected30for alltimethose who are sanctified.
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And 31the HolySpiritalsotestifies to us; for aftersaying,
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"32THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THEM AFTERTHOSEDAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS UPON THEIR HEART, AND ON THEIR MIND I WILL WRITE THEM," He then says,
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"33AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESSDEEDS I WILL REMEMBERNO*MORE."
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Nowwhere there is forgiveness of thesethings, there is nolonger any offering for sin.
A New and Living Way
19Therefore, brethren, since we 34haveconfidence to 35enter the holyplace by the blood of Jesus,
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by 36a new and livingwaywhich He inaugurated for us through37the veil, that is, His flesh,
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and since we have 38a greatpriest39over the house of God,
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let us 40drawnear with a sincereheart in 41fullassurance of faith, having our hearts42sprinkled clean from an evilconscience and our bodies43washed with purewater.