Hebrews 9:25-10:10

New International Version

²⁵ Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place^(A) every year with blood that is not his own.^{(B) 26} Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world.^(C) But he has appeared^(D) once for all^(E) at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.^{(F) 27} Just as people are destined to die once,^(G) and after that to face judgment,^{(H) 28} so Christ was sacrificed once^(I) to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time,^(J) not to bear sin,^(K) but to bring salvation^(L) to those who are waiting for him.^(M)

Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

10 The law is only a shadow^(N) of the good things^(O) that are coming—not the realities themselves.^(P) For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect^(Q) those who draw near to worship.^{(R) 2} Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins.^{(S) 3} But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.^{(T) 4} It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats^(U) to take away sins.^(V)

⁵ Therefore, when Christ came into the world,^(W) he said:

⁸ First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”^(AA)—though they were offered in accordance with the law. ⁹ Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.”^(AB) He sets aside the first to establish the second. ¹⁰ And by that will, we have been made holy^(AC) through the sacrifice of the body^(AD) of Jesus Christ once for all.^(AE)