Hebrews 9:11-15
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come,[a] then through the greater and more perfect tent[b] (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12 he entered once for all into the Holy Place, taking[c] not the blood of goats and calves but his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. 13 For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify your[d] conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
15 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant.[e]
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- Hebrews 9:11 Other manuscripts read good things to come
- Hebrews 9:11 Or tabernacle
- Hebrews 9:12 Greek through
- Hebrews 9:14 Other manuscripts read our
- Hebrews 9:15 The Greek word here used means both covenant and will
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