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So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.

Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news did not enter because of disobedience,

Because of this, he must make an offering for his own sins as well as for the people.

During his earthly life, he offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.

Now everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced with the message about righteousness, because he is an infant.

and who have fallen away. This is because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding him up to contempt.

Because God wanted to show his unchangeable purpose even more clearly to the heirs of the promise, he guaranteed it with an oath,

Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner, because he has become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable

Because of this oath, Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant.

But because he remains forever, he holds his priesthood permanently.

not like the covenantthat I made with their ancestorson the day I took them by the handto lead them out of the land of Egypt.I showed no concern for them, says the Lord,because they did not continue in my covenant.

And each person will not teach his fellow citizen,and each his brother or sister, saying, “Know the Lord,”because they will all know me,from the least to the greatest of them.

Therefore, he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

For you sympathized with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, because you know that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession.

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.

By faith Enoch was taken away, and so he did not experience death. He was not to be found because God took him away. For before he was taken away, he was approved as one who pleased God.

By faith Moses, after he was born, was hidden by his parents for three months, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they didn’t fear the king’s edict.

For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, even though he sought it with tears, because he didn’t find any opportunity for repentance.

Marriage is to be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.