But give comfort to one another every day as long as it is still Today; so that no one among you may be made hard by the deceit of sin:

And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.

And there is nothing made which is not completely clear to him; there is nothing covered, but all things are open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.

In the same way Christ did not take for himself the glory of being made a high priest, but was given it by him who said, You are my Son, this day I have given you being:

But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.

And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him.

But if it sends up thorns and evil plants, it is of no use and is ready to be cursed; its only end is to be burned.

But, my loved ones, though we say this, we are certain that you have better things in you, things which go with salvation;

For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.

So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

But this man, who was not of their family, took the tenth from Abraham, and gave a blessing to him to whom God had given his undertaking.

But there is no doubt that the less gets his blessing from the greater.

Now at the present time, men over whom death has power take the tenth; but then it was taken by one of whom it is witnessed that he is living.

That is to say, not made by a law based on the flesh, but by the power of a life without end:

So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit.

(For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);

But this priest, because his life goes on for ever, is unchanging.

The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete.

As a servant of the holy things and of the true Tent, which was put up by God, not by man.

But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

For this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days: I will put my laws into their minds, writing them in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they will be my people:

When he says, A new agreement, he has made the first agreement old. But anything which is getting old and past use will not be seen much longer.

Having a vessel of gold in it for burning perfumes, and the ark of the agreement, which was covered with gold and which had in it a pot made of gold for the manna, and Aaron's rod which put out buds, and the stones with the writing of the agreement;

But only the high priest went into the second, once a year, not without making an offering of blood for himself and for the errors of the people:

Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.

But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things of the future, through this greater and better Tent, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this world,

And has gone once and for ever into the holy place, having got eternal salvation, not through the blood of goats and young oxen, but through his blood.

For if the blood of goats and oxen, and the dust from the burning of a young cow, being put on the unclean, make the flesh clean:

For when Moses had given all the rules of the law to the people, he took the blood of goats and young oxen, with water and red wool and hyssop, and put it on the book itself and on all the people,

And the blood was put on the Tent and all the holy vessels in the same way.

For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.

For Christ did not go into a holy place which had been made by men's hands as the copy of the true one; but he went into heaven itself, and now takes his place before the face of God for us.

For then he would have undergone a number of deaths from the time of the making of the world: but now he has come to us at the end of the old order, to put away sin by the offering of himself.

But year by year there is a memory of sins in those offerings.

So that when he comes into the world, he says, You had no desire for offerings, but you made a body ready for me;

Then he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place.

But when Jesus had made one offering for sins for ever, he took his place at the right hand of God;

This is the agreement which I will make with them after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws in their hearts, writing them in their minds; he said,

Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near.

But only a great fear of being judged, and of the fire of wrath which will be the destruction of the haters of God.

A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses:

But will not the man by whom the Son of God has been crushed under foot, and the blood of the agreement with which he was washed clean has been taken as an unholy thing, and who has had no respect for the Spirit of grace, be judged bad enough for a very much worse punishment?

But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles;

But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.

But we are not of those who go back to destruction; but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.

All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.

By faith he kept the Passover, and put the sign of the blood on the houses, so that the angel of destruction might not put their oldest sons to death.

By faith Rahab, the loose woman, was not put to death with those who had gone against God's orders, because she had taken into her house in peace those sent to see the land.

Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations.

They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,

But if you have not that punishment of which we all have our part, then you are not true sons, but children of shame.

For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.

At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

And make straight roads for your feet, so that the feeble may not be turned out of the way, but may be made strong.

But you have come to the mountain of Zion, to the place of the living God, to the Jerusalem which is in heaven, and to an army of angels which may not be numbered,

Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven.

For this reason Jesus was put to death outside the walls, so that he might make the people holy by his blood.

For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come.

But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.

But, brothers, take kindly the words which I have said for your profit; for I have not sent you a long letter.

But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.

But let the brother of low position be glad that he is lifted up;

But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.

You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.

But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.

If a man seems to have religion and has no control over his tongue but lets himself be tricked by what is false, this man's religion is of no value.

But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?

But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:

But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.

For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.

For he who said, Do not be untrue in married life, is the same who said, Put no man to death. Now if you are not untrue in married life, but you put a man to death, the law is broken.

For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this?

But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works.

And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.

Now if we put bits of iron into horses' mouths so that they may be guided by us, we have complete control of their bodies.

Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!

But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.

With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.

But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.

This wisdom is not from heaven, but is of the earth and the flesh and the Evil One.

For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.

But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

You are burning with desire, and have not your desire, so you put men to death; you are full of envy, and you are not able to get your desire, so you are fighting and making war; you have not your desire, because you do not make request for it.

You make your request but you do not get it, because your request has been wrongly made, desiring the thing only so that you may make use of it for your pleasure.

Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?

But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.

For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

There is only one judge and law-giver, even he who has the power of salvation and of destruction; but who are you to be your neighbour's judge?

But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.

But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil.