Hebrews 10:5-10

The Voice

⁵So when Jesus came into the world, He said,

Sacrifices and offerings were not what You wanted,
    but instead a body that You prepared for Me.
⁶Burnt offerings and sin offerings
    were not what pleased You.
⁷Then I said, “See, I have come to do Your will, God,
    as it is inscribed of Me in the scroll of the book.”^[a]

⁸Now when it says that God doesn’t want and takes no real pleasure in sacrifices, burnt offerings, and sin offerings (even though the law calls for them), ⁹and follows this with “See, I have come to do Your will,”^[b] He effectively takes away the first—animal sacrifice—in order to establish the second, more perfect sacrifice. ¹⁰By God’s will, we are made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus the Anointed once and for all time.

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