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who does not need every day like the former high priests to offer up sacrifices for his own sins and then for the sins of the people, because he did this once for all when he offered up himself.

Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because there are those who offer the gifts according to the law,

not like the covenant which I made with their fathers on the day I took hold of them by my hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I disregarded them, says the Lord.

And they will not teach each one his fellow citizen and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.

And because of this, he is the mediator of a new covenant, in order that, because a death has taken place for the redemption of transgressions committed during the first covenant, those who are the called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

For otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the ones who worship, having been purified once and for all, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?

For you both sympathized with the prisoners and put up with the seizure of your belongings with joy because you knew that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.

By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, by which he was approved that he was righteous, because God approved him for his gifts, and through it he still speaks, although he is dead.

By faith Enoch was taken up, so that he did not experience death, and he was not found, because God took him up. For before his removal, he had been approved as having been pleasing to God.

By faith also, with Sarah, he received the ability to procreate even past the normal age, because he regarded the one who had promised to be faithful.

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw the child was handsome, and they were not afraid of the edict of the king.

By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.

because God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

For you know that also afterwards, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, because he did not find an occasion for repentance, although he sought it with tears.

Do not neglect hospitality, because through this some have received angels as guests without knowing it.

Marriage must be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed be undefiled, because God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

but the rich person in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower of the grass.

Blessed is the person who endures testing, because when he is approved he will receive the crown of life that he has promised to those who love him.

because if anyone is a hearer of the message and not a doer, this one is like someone staring at his own face in a mirror,