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And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow workers.

So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.

We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him.

But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.

Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—

So, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you hear his voice,

So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.' "

But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.

So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.

Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, "So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.'" And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world.

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.

Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

And God permitting, we will do so.

We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.

And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.

God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged.

Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.

The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean.