8. First he said, ‘Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them’ – though they were offered in accordance with the law.
9. Then he said, ‘Here I am, I have come to do your will.’ He sets aside the first to establish the second.
10. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11. Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
12. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,
13. and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool.
14. For by one sacrifice he has made perfect for ever those who are being made holy.
15. The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:
16. ‘This is the covenant I will make with themafter that time, says the Lord.I will put my laws in their hearts,and I will write them on their minds.’
17. Then he adds:‘Their sins and lawless actsI will remember no more.’
18. And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.
19. Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
20. by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body,
21. and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
22. let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
23. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
24. And let us consider how we may spur one another on towards love and good deeds,