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1 In the past, God spoke through the prophets to our ancestors in many times and many ways.
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In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets;
2 In these final days, though, he spoke to us through a Son. God made his Son the heir of everything and created the world through him.
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but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
3 The Son is the light of God's glory and the imprint of God's being. He maintains everything with his powerful message. After he carried out the cleansing of people from their sins, he sat down at the right side of the highest majesty.
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He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
4 And the Son became so much greater than the other messengers, such as angels, that he received a more important title than theirs.
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having become as much superior to angels as the name he has obtained is more excellent than theirs.
5 After all, when did God ever say to any of the angels: You are my Son. Today I have become your Father? Or, even, I will be his Father, and he will be my Son?
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For to what angel did God ever say, "Thou art my Son, today I have begotten thee"? Or again, "I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son"?
6 But then, when he brought his firstborn into the world, he said, All of God's angels must worship him.
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And again, when he brings the first-born into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him."
7 He talks about the angels: He's the one who uses the spirits for his messengers and who uses flames of fire as ministers.
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Of the angels he says, "Who makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire."
8 But he says to his Son, God, your throne is forever and your kingdom's scepter is a rod of justice.
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But of the Son he says, "Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever, the righteous scepter is the scepter of thy kingdom.
9 You loved righteousness and hated lawless behavior. That is why God, your God, has anointed you with oil instead of your companions.
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Thou hast loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, thy God, has anointed thee with the oil of gladness beyond thy comrades."
10 And he says, You, Lord, laid the earth's foundations in the beginning, and the heavens are made by your hands.
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And, "Thou, Lord, didst found the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of thy hands;
11 They will pass away, but you remain. They will all wear out like old clothes.
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they will perish, but thou remainest; they will all grow old like a garment,
12 You will fold them up like a coat. They will be changed like a person changes clothes, but you stay the same, and the years of your life won't come to an end.
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like a mantle thou wilt roll them up, and they will be changed. But thou art the same, and thy years will never end."
13 When has he ever said to any of the angels, Sit at my right side until I put your enemies under your feet like a footstool?
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But to what angel has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand, till I make thy enemies a stool for thy feet"?
14 Aren't all the angels ministering spirits who are sent to serve those who are going to inherit salvation?
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Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to serve, for the sake of those who are to obtain salvation?
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