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For the Law, since it has only ^(a)a shadow of ^(b)the good things to come and not the very ^[a]form of things, ^[b]can ^(c)never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, ^(d)make perfect those who draw near.

Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have had ^(e)consciousness of sins?

But ^(f)in ^[c]those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year.

For it is ^(g)impossible for the ^(h)blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Therefore, ⁽ⁱ⁾when He comes into the world, He says, "^(j) Sacrifice and offering You have not desired , But ^(k) a body You have prepared for Me ;

^(l) In whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You have taken no pleasure .

"^(m) Then I said, ‘Behold , I have come ( In ⁽ⁿ⁾ the scroll of the book it is written of Me ) To do Your will , O God .'"

After saying above, "^(o) Sacrifices and offerings and ^(p) whole burnt offerings and sacrifices ^(q) for sin You have not desired, nor have You taken pleasure in them" (which are offered according to the Law),

then He ^[d]said, "^(r) Behold , I have come to do Your will ." He takes away the first in order to establish the second.

By ^[e]this will we have been ^(s)sanctified through ^(t)the offering of ^(u)the body of Jesus Christ ^(v)once for all.

Every priest stands daily ministering and ^(w)offering time after time the same sacrifices, which ^(x)can never take away sins;

but He, having offered one sacrifice ^(y)for ^[f]sins ^(z)for all time, ^(aa) sat down at the right hand of God ,

waiting from that time onward ^(ab) until His enemies be made a footstool for His feet .

For by one offering He has ^(ac)perfected ^(ad)for all time those who are ^[g]sanctified.

And ^(ae)the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying,

"^(af) This is the covenant that I will make with them After those days, says the Lord : I will put My laws upon their heart , And on their mind I will write them ," He then says,

"^(ag) And their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more ."

Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin.

Therefore, brethren, since we ^(ah)have confidence to ^(ai)enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,

by ^(aj)a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through ^(ak)the veil, that is, His flesh,

and since we have ^(al)a great priest ^(am)over the house of God,

let us ^(an)draw near with a ^[h]sincere heart in ^(ao)full assurance of faith, having our hearts ^(ap)sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies ^(aq)washed with pure water.

Let us hold fast the ^(ar)confession of our ^(as)hope without wavering, for ^(at)He who promised is faithful;

and let us consider how ^(au)to stimulate one another to love and ^(av)good deeds,

not forsaking our own ^(aw)assembling together, as is the habit of some, but ^(ax)encouraging one another; and all the more as you see ^(ay)the day drawing near.

For if we go on ^(az)sinning willfully after receiving ^(ba)the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

but a terrifying expectation of ^(bb)judgment and ^(bc) the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries .

^(bd)Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

^(be)How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve ^(bf)who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean ^(bg)the blood of the covenant ^(bh)by which he was sanctified, and has ^(bi)insulted the Spirit of grace?

For we know Him who said, "^(bj) Vengeance is Mine , I will repay ." And again, "^(bk) The Lord will judge His people ."

It is a ^(bl)terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the ^(bm)living God.

But remember ^(bn)the former days, ^[i]when, after being ^(bo)enlightened, you endured a great ^(bp)conflict of sufferings,

partly by being ^(bq)made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming ^(br)sharers with those who were so treated.

For you ^(bs)showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted ^(bt)joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves ^(bu)a better possession and a lasting one.

Therefore, do not throw away your ^(bv)confidence, which has a great ^(bw)reward.

For you have need of ^(bx)endurance, so that when you have ^(by)done the will of God, you may ^(bz)receive ^[j]what was promised.

^(ca) For yet in a very little while , ^(cb) He who is coming will come, and will not delay .

^(cc) But My righteous one shall live by faith ; And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him .

But ^[k]we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the ^[l]preserving of the soul.