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in burnt offerings and sin offerings thou hast taken no pleasure.
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Then I said, 'Lo, I have come to do thy will, O God,' as it is written of me in the roll of the book."
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When he said above, "Thou hast 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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then he added, "Lo, I have come to do thy will." He abolishes the first in order to establish the second.
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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 every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
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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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then to wait until his enemies should be made a stool for his feet.
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For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.
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And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
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"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,"
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible)
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