Redemption Through the Blood of Christ

¹¹ But when Christ appeared as a high priest ^(A)of the good things that have come,^[a] then through ^(B)the greater and more perfect tent (^(C)not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) ¹² he ^(D)entered ^(E)once for all into the holy places, not by means of ^(F)the blood of goats and calves but ^(G)by means of his own blood, ^(H)thus securing an eternal redemption. ¹³ For if ^(I)the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with ^(J)the ashes of a heifer, sanctify^[b] for the purification of the flesh, ¹⁴ how much more will ^(K)the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit ^(L)offered himself without blemish to God, ^(M)purify our^[c] conscience ^(N)from dead works ^(O)to serve the living God.

¹⁵ Therefore he is ^(P)the mediator of a new covenant, so that ^(Q)those who are called may ^(R)receive the promised eternal inheritance, ^(S)since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.^{[d] 16} For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. ¹⁷ For ^(T)a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive. ¹⁸ Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated ^(U)without blood. ¹⁹ For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took ^(V)the blood of calves and goats, ^(W)with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, ²⁰ saying, ^(X)“This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you.” ²¹ And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both ^(Y)the tent and all the vessels used in worship. ²² Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and ^(Z)without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

²³ Thus it was necessary for ^(AA)the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴ For Christ has entered, not into holy places ^(AB)made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God ^(AC)on our behalf. ²⁵ Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as ^(AD)the high priest enters ^(AE)the holy places every year with blood not his own, ²⁶ for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, ^(AF)he has appeared ^(AG)once for all ^(AH)at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. ²⁷ And just as ^(AI)it is appointed for man to die once, and ^(AJ)after that comes judgment, ²⁸ so Christ, having been offered once ^(AK)to bear the sins of ^(AL)many, will appear ^(AM)a second time, ^(AN)not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly ^(AO)waiting for him.

¹⁰ Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel ^(A)and yet you do not understand these things? ¹¹ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(B)we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but ^(C)you^[a] do not receive our testimony. ¹² If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? ^13 (D)No one has ^(E)ascended into heaven except ^(F)he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.^{[b] 14} And ^(G)as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man ^(H)be lifted up, ¹⁵ that whoever believes ^(I)in him ^(J)may have eternal life.^[c]

For God So Loved the World

¹⁶ “For ^(K)God so loved ^(L)the world,^{[d] (M)}that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not ^(N)perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For ^(O)God did not send his Son into the world ^(P)to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. ^18 (Q)Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not ^(R)believed in the name of the only Son of God. ^19 (S)And this is the judgment: ^(T)the light has come into the world, and ^(U)people loved the darkness rather than the light because ^(V)their works were evil. ^20 (W)For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, ^(X)lest his works should be exposed. ²¹ But whoever ^(Y)does what is true ^(Z)comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”