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13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, with the sprinkling of the ashes of a heifer, sanctifies those who have been defiled so that their flesh is purified, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit[a] offered himself without blemish to God, purify our[b] conscience from dead works to worship the living God!

15 For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, because a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:14 Other ancient authorities read Holy Spirit
  2. Hebrews 9:14 Other ancient authorities read your
  3. Hebrews 9:15 The Greek word used here means both covenant and will

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