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So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit.

(Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.

And it is true that there have been a great number of those priests, because death does not let them go on for ever;

But this priest, because his life goes on for ever, is unchanging.

So that he is fully able to be the saviour of all who come to God through him, because he is ever living to make prayer to God for them.

Who has no need to make offerings for sins every day, like those high priests, first for himself, and then for the people; because he did this once and for ever when he made an offering of himself.

If he had been on earth he would not have been a priest at all, because there are other priests who make the offerings ordered by the law;

But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.

Because where there is a testament, there has to be the death of the man who made it.

And because by God's law death comes to men once, and after that they are judged;

For if this had been possible, would there not have been an end of those offerings, because the worshippers would have been made completely clean and would have been no longer conscious of sins?

Because it is not possible for the blood of oxen and goats to take away sins.

Because by one offering he has made complete for ever those who are made holy.

So then, my brothers, being able to go into the holy place without fear, because of the blood of Jesus,

Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near.

By faith Noah, being moved by the fear of God, made ready an ark for the salvation of his family, because God had given him news of things which were not seen at the time; and through it the world was judged by him, and he got for his heritage the righteousness which is by faith.

And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;

Judging that God was able to give life even to the dead; and because of this he did get him back as if from death.

By faith Moses was kept secretly by his father and mother for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a fair child; and they had no fear of the king's orders.