who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might -- through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

and him who was made some little less than messengers we see -- Jesus -- because of the suffering of the death, with glory and honour having been crowned, that by the grace of God for every one he might taste of death.

Seeing, then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he himself also in like manner did take part of the same, that through death he might destroy him having the power of death -- that is, the devil --

and might deliver those, whoever, with fear of death, throughout all their life, were subjects of bondage,

wherefore it did behove him in all things to be made like to the brethren, that he might become a kind and stedfast chief-priest in the things with God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people,

and if, indeed, they had been mindful of that from which they came forth, they might have had an opportunity to return,

by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.

Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,

God for us something better having provided, that apart from us they might not be made perfect.

and a sound of a trumpet, and a voice of sayings, which those having heard did entreat that a word might not be added to them,

Wherefore, also Jesus -- that he might sanctify through his own blood the people -- without the gate did suffer;