For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made also in the law.

For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.

For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.

for it is testified, "You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek."

For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, "The Lord swore and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever.'"

Therefore he is also able to save completely those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

who does not need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.

For the Law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the Law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.

who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second.

For finding fault with them, he said, "Behold, the days come," says the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;

not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they did not continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them," says the Lord.

"For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

They will not teach every man his fellow citizen, and every man his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all will know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.

For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins no more."

For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the lampstand, the table, and the show bread; which is called the Holy Place.

but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and for the errors of the people.

but deal only with foods and drinks and various washings; they are regulations for the flesh imposed until the time of setting things right.

nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption.

For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh:

For this reason he is the mediator of a New Covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

For where a last will and testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him who made it.

For a will is in force where there has been death, for it is never in force while he who made it lives.

For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

For Christ hasn't entered into holy places made with hands, which are representations of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.

For the Law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.

For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.

Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but you prepared a body for me;

You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin.

Previously saying, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you did not desire, neither had pleasure in them" (those which are offered according to the Law),

by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

but this one, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God;

For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying,

Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

For we know him who said, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay." Again, "The Lord will judge his people."

For you both had compassion on them that were in chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an enduring one.

For you need patient endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

"For in just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.

Now faith is being confident of what we hope for, convinced about things we do not see.

For by this, the elders obtained testimony.

By faith, Enoch was taken away, so that he would not see death, and he was not found, because God took him away. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.

For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.

But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

choosing rather to share ill treatment with God's people, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;

accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

By faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been encircled for seven days.

What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets;

looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

For consider him who has endured such hostility from sinners against himself, so that you do not grow weary in your souls and lose heart.

For whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and scourges every son whom he receives."

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

For they indeed, for a few days, disciplined us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

All discipline seems for the moment painful, not joyful; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

and make straight paths for your feet, so that which is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his own birthright for one meal.

For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.

For you have not come to something that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and darkness, gloom, and storm,

for they could not stand that which was commanded, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned;"

See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned on the earth, how much more will we not escape who turn away from him who warns from heaven,

for our God is a consuming fire.

Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for in doing so, some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you or forsake you."

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside of the camp.

For we do not have here an enduring city, but we seek that which is to come.

But do not forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.

But I exhort you, brothers, endure the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.

But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

For let that man not think that he will receive anything from the Lord.

For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which he promised to those who love him.

Let no man say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.

for the anger of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror;

for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in;

For whoever keeps the whole law, and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.

For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not commit murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

For in many things we all stumble. If anyone does not stumble in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.