Hebrews 9:12-17

12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining[a] eternal redemption.
13 The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean.
14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death,[b] so that we may serve the living God!
15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
16 In the case of a will,[c] it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it,
17 because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living.

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Cross References 17

  • 1. ver 19; Leviticus 16:6,15; Hebrews 10:4
  • 2. ver 24
  • 3. ver 26,28; S Hebrews 7:27
  • 4. ver 14; S Romans 3:25
  • 5. Hebrews 10:4
  • 6. Nu 19:9,17,18
  • 7. 1 Peter 3:18
  • 8. S Ephesians 5:2
  • 9. Psalms 51:2; Psalms 65:3; Jeremiah 33:8; Zechariah 13:1; S Titus 2:14; Hebrews 10:2,22
  • 10. Hebrews 6:1
  • 11. S Matthew 16:16
  • 12. S Galatians 3:20; 1 Timothy 2:5
  • 13. S Luke 22:20
  • 14. S Romans 8:28; S Romans 11:29
  • 15. Hebrews 6:15; Hebrews 10:36
  • 16. S Acts 20:32
  • 17. Hebrews 7:22

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Or "blood, having obtained"
  • [b]. Or "from useless rituals"
  • [c]. Same Greek word as "covenant" ; also in verse 17
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