Hebrews 9:11-10:12

New King James Version

The Heavenly Sanctuary

¹¹ But Christ came as High Priest of ^(A)the good things ^[a]to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. ¹² Not ^(B)with the blood of goats and calves, but ^(C)with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place ^(D)once for all, ^(E)having obtained eternal redemption. ¹³ For if ^(F)the blood of bulls and goats and ^(G)the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, ^[b]sanctifies for the ^[c]purifying of the flesh, ¹⁴ how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without ^[d]spot to God, ^(H)cleanse your conscience from ^(I)dead works ^(J)to serve the living God? ¹⁵ And for this reason ^(K)He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that ^(L)those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

The Mediator’s Death Necessary

¹⁶ For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. ¹⁷ For ^(M)a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives. ^18 (N)Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood. ¹⁹ For when Moses had spoken every ^[e]precept to all the people according to the law, ^(O)he took the blood of calves and goats, ^(P)with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, ²⁰ saying, ^(Q)“This is the ^(R)blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.” ²¹ Then likewise ^(S)he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. ²² And according to the law almost all things are ^[f]purified with blood, and ^(T)without shedding of blood there is no ^[g]remission.

Greatness of Christ’s Sacrifice

²³ Therefore it was necessary that ^(U)the copies of the things in the heavens should be ^[h]purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴ For ^(V)Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are ^[i]copies of ^(W)the true, but into heaven itself, now ^(X)to appear in the presence of God for us; ²⁵ not that He should offer Himself often, as ^(Y)the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another— ²⁶ He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. ^27 (Z)And as it is appointed for men to die once, ^(AA)but after this the judgment, ²⁸ so ^(AB)Christ was ^(AC)offered once to bear the sins ^(AD)of many. To those who ^(AE)eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

Animal Sacrifices Insufficient

10 For the law, having a ^(AF)shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, ^(AG)can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. ² For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once ^[j]purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. ³ But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. ⁴ For ^(AH)it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins.

Christ’s Death Fulfills God’s Will^(AI)

⁵ Therefore, when He came into the world, He said:

⁸ Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the law), ⁹ then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, ^[k]O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second. ^10 (AK)By that will we have been ^[l]sanctified ^(AL)through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Christ’s Death Perfects the Sanctified

¹¹ And every priest stands ^(AM)ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. ^12 (AN)But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down ^(AO)at the right hand of God,