For to which of the angels did he ever say, "You are my son, today I have begotten you," and again, "I will be {his father}, and he will be {my son}"?

For he did not subject to angels the world to come, about which we are speaking.

Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "Today, if you hear his voice,

But encourage one another {day by day}, as long as it is called "today," so that {none of you become hardened} by the deception of sin.

{while it is said}, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

And with whom was he angry [for] forty years? [Was it] not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?

And to whom did he swear [they would] not enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?

{For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us}, just as those also [did], but the message {they heard} did not benefit them, [because they] were not united with those who heard [it] in faith.

Since therefore it remains [for] some to enter into it, and the ones to whom the good news was proclaimed previously did not enter because of disobedience,

again he ordains a certain day, today, speaking by David after so long a time, just as had been said before, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."

For the one who has entered into his rest has also himself rested from his works, just as God [did] from his own [works].

Thus also Christ did not glorify himself to become high priest, but the one who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you,"

Therefore, leaving behind the elementary message about Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,

teaching about baptisms and laying on of hands, and resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.

But the one who did not trace [his] descent from them collected tithes from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.

who does not {need every day} like the former high priests to offer up sacrifices for his own sins [and] then for the [sins] of the people, because he did this once for all [when he] offered up himself.

not like the covenant which I made with their fathers on the day I took hold of them by my hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I disregarded them, says the Lord.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve [the] living God?

For a will [is] in force concerning those who are dead, since [it is] never in force when the one who made the will is alive.

For Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made by hands, a [mere] copy of the true [one], but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf,

Therefore, [when he] came into the world, he said, "Sacrifice and offering you did not want, but a body you prepared for me;

you did not delight in whole burnt offerings and [offerings] for sins.

[When he] says above, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [offerings] for sin you did not want, nor did you delight in," which are offered according to the law,

By faith we understand the worlds were created by the word of God, in order that what is seen did not come into existence from what is visible.

By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, by which he was approved that he was righteous, [because] God approved [him] for his gifts, and through it he still speaks, [although he] is dead.

By faith Enoch was taken up, so that he did not experience death, and he was not found, because God took him up. For before his removal, he had been approved {as having been pleasing} to God.

And therefore these were fathered from one man, and [he] being as good as dead, as the stars of heaven in number and like the innumerable sand by the shore of the sea.

having reasoned that God [was] able even to raise [him] from the dead, from which he received him back also as a symbol.

By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, [because she] welcomed the spies in peace.

Women received back their dead by resurrection. But others were tortured, not accepting release, in order that they might gain a better resurrection.

And [although they] all were approved through their faith, they did not receive what was promised,

For you know that also afterwards, [when he] wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, because he did not find an occasion for repentance, although he sought it with tears.

Watch out that you do not refuse the one who is speaking! For if those did not escape [when they] refused the one who warned [them] on earth, much less [will] we [escape], [if we] reject the [one who warns] from heaven,

Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and today and {forever}.

Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,