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Hebrews 10

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1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come and not the very image of those things, can never, with those sacrifices which they offered continually year by year, make those who come unto it perfect.

2 For then would not sacrifices have ceased to be offered? For worshipers once purged should have had no more consciousness of sins.

3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year,

4 for it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

5 Therefore when He cometh into the world, He saith, "Sacrifice and offering Thou wouldest not have, but a body hast Thou prepared for Me.

6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin Thou hast had no pleasure.

7 Then said I, `Lo, I come (in the volume of the Book it is written of Me) to do Thy will, O God.'"

8 Above when He said, "Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings, and offering for sin Thou wouldest not have, neither hadst pleasure therein" (which are offered in accordance with the law),

9 then said He, "Lo, I come to do Thy will, O God," He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second.

10 By this will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering time and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

12 But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down at the right hand of God,

13 from henceforth to wait until His enemies be made His footstool.

14 For by one offering He hath perfected for ever those who are sanctified.

15 Of this the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us; for after He had said before,

16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

17 and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more."

18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

19 Having therefore boldness, brethren, to enter into the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,

20 by a new and living Way, which He hath consecrated for us through the veil (that is to say, His flesh),

21 and having a High Priest over the house of God,

22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

23 Let us hold fast to the profession of our faith without wavering (for He is faithful who promised),

24 and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works,

25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as ye see the Day approaching.

26 For if we sin willfully after having received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath accounted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath despised the Spirit of grace?

30 For we know Him that hath said, "Vengeance belongeth unto Me; I will recompense," saith the Lord. And again, "The Lord shall judge His people."

31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

32 But call to remembrance the former days in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions,

33 partly while ye were being made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions, and partly while ye became companions of those who were so used.

34 For ye had compassion on me in my bonds and took joyfully the despoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in Heaven a better and an enduring substance.

35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward.

36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

37 "For yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

38 Now the just shall live by faith; but if any man draw back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him."

39 But we are not of those who draw back unto perdition, but of those who believe, to the saving of the soul.

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 Moses' Teachings with their yearly cycle of sacrifices are only a shadow of the good things in the future. They aren't an exact likeness of those things. They can never make those who worship perfect.

2 If these sacrifices could have made the worshipers perfect, the sacrifices would have stopped long ago. Those who worship would have been cleansed once and for all. Their consciences would have been free from sin.

3 Instead, this yearly cycle of sacrifices reminded people of their sins.

4 (The blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins.)

5 For this reason, when Christ came into the world, he said, "'You did not want sacrifices and offerings, but you prepared a body for me.

6 You did not approve of burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.'

7 Then I said, 'I have come! (It is written about me in the scroll of the book.) I have come to do what you want, my God.'"

8 In this passage Christ first said, "You did not want sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sacrifices for sin. You did not approve of them." (These are the sacrifices that Moses' Teachings require people to offer.)

9 Then Christ says, "I have come to do what you want." He did away with sacrifices in order to establish the obedience that God wants.

10 We have been set apart as holy because Jesus Christ did what God wanted him to do by sacrificing his body once and for all.

11 Every day each priest performed his religious duty. He offered the same type of sacrifice again and again. Yet, these sacrifices could never take away sins.

12 However, this chief priest made one sacrifice for sins, and this sacrifice lasts forever. Then he received the highest position in heaven.

13 Since that time, he has been waiting for his enemies to be made his footstool.

14 With one sacrifice he accomplished the work of setting them apart for God forever.

15 The Holy Spirit tells us the same thing:

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.'"

17 Then he adds, "I will no longer hold their sins and their disobedience against them."

18 When sins are forgiven, there is no longer any need to sacrifice for sins.

19 Brothers and sisters, because of the blood of Jesus we can now confidently go into the holy place.

20 Jesus has opened a new and living way for us to go through the curtain. (The curtain is his own body.)

21 We have a superior priest in charge of God's house.

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.

23 We must continue to hold firmly to our declaration of faith. The one who made the promise is faithful.

24 We must also consider how to encourage each other to show love and to do good things.

25 We should not stop gathering together with other believers, as some of you are doing. Instead, we must continue to encourage each other even more as we see the day of the Lord coming.

26 If we go on sinning after we have learned the truth, no sacrifice can take away our sins.

27 All that is left is a terrifying wait for judgment and a raging fire that will consume God's enemies.

28 If two or three witnesses accused someone of rejecting Moses' Teachings, that person was shown no mercy as he was executed.

29 What do you think a person who shows no respect for the Son of God deserves? That person looks at the blood of the promise (the blood that made him holy) as no different from other people's blood, and he insults the Spirit that God gave us out of his kindness. He deserves a much worse punishment.

30 We know the God who said, "I alone have the right to take revenge. I will pay back." God also said, "The Lord will judge his people."

31 Falling into the hands of the living God is a terrifying thing.

32 Remember the past, when you first learned the truth. You endured a lot of hardship and pain.

33 At times you were publicly insulted and mistreated. At times you associated with people who were treated this way.

34 You suffered with prisoners. You were cheerful even though your possessions were stolen, since you know that you have a better and more permanent possession.

35 So don't lose your confidence. It will bring you a great reward.

36 You need endurance so that after you have done what God wants you to do, you can receive what he has promised.

37 "Yet, the one who is coming will come soon. He will not delay.

38 The person who has God's approval will live by faith. But if he turns back, I will not be pleased with him."

39 We don't belong with those who turn back and are destroyed. Instead, we belong with those who have faith and are saved.