Hebrews 10:1-18

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Christ's Sacrifice Once for All

10 For since the law has but ^(A)a shadow ^(B)of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, ^(C)it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. ²Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? ³But ^(D)in these sacrifices ^(E)there is a reminder of sins every year. ⁴For ^(F)it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

⁵Consequently, ^(G)when Christ^[a] came into the world, he said,

^(H)“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
    but a body have you prepared for me;
⁶in burnt offerings and sin offerings
    you have taken no pleasure.
⁷Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,
    as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”

⁸When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in ^(I)sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), ⁹then he added, ^(J)“Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. ¹⁰And by that will ^(K)we have been sanctified through the offering of ^(L)the body of Jesus Christ ^(M)once for all.

¹¹And every priest stands ^(N)daily at his service, ^(O)offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, ^(P)which can never take away sins. ¹²But when Christ^[b] had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he ^(Q)sat down at the right hand of God, ¹³waiting from that time ^(R)until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. ¹⁴For by a single offering ^(S)he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

¹⁵And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,

¹⁶^(T)“This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on their hearts,
and write them on their minds,”

¹⁷then he adds,

^(U)“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”

¹⁸Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.

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Hebrews 10:5 Greek he
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Hebrews 13:10-15

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¹⁰We have an altar ^(A)from which those who serve the tent^[a] have no right to eat. ¹¹For ^(B)the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned ^(C)outside the camp. ¹²So Jesus also ^(D)suffered ^(E)outside the gate in order to sanctify the people ^(F)through his own blood. ¹³Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear ^(G)the reproach he endured. ¹⁴For ^(H)here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. ¹⁵^(I)Through him then let us continually offer up ^(J)a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, ^(K)the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.