Hebrews 10
New King James Version

Animal Sacrifices Insufficient

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

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

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

^(E)“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,
But a body You have prepared for Me.
⁶In burnt offerings andsacrificesfor sin
You had no pleasure.
⁷Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come—
In the volume of the book it is written of Me—
To do Your will, O God.’ ”

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

Christ’s Death Perfects the Sanctified

¹¹And every priest stands^(H)ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.¹²^(I)But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down^(J)at the right hand of God,¹³from that time waiting^(K)till His enemies are made His footstool.¹⁴For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being^[d]sanctified.

¹⁵But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before,

¹⁶^(L)“Thisisthe covenant that I will make with them after those days, says theLord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,”¹⁷then He adds,^(M)“Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”¹⁸Now where there is^[e]remission of these,there isno longer an offering for sin.

Hold Fast Your Confession

¹⁹Therefore, brethren, having^(N)boldness^[f]to enter^(O)the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,²⁰by a new and^(P)living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,²¹andhavinga High Priest over the house of God,²²let us^(Q)draw near with a true heart^(R)in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.²³Let us hold fast the confession ofourhope without wavering, for^(S)He who promisedisfaithful.²⁴And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,²⁵^(T)not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, asisthe manner of some, but exhortingone another,and^(U)so much the more as you see^(V)the Day approaching.

The Just Live by Faith

²⁶For^(W)if we sin willfully^(X)after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there^(Y)no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,²⁷but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and^(Z)fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.²⁸Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies without mercy onthe testimony oftwo or three^(AA)witnesses.²⁹^(AB)Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot,^(AC)counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing,^(AD)and insulted the Spirit of grace?³⁰For we know Him who said,^(AE)“Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,”^[g]says the Lord. And again,^(AF)“TheLordwill judge His people.”³¹^(AG)It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

³²But^(AH)recall the former days in which, after you were^[h]illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings:³³partly while you were made^(AI)a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while^(AJ)you became companions of those who were so treated;³⁴for you had compassion on^[i]me^(AK)in my chains, and^(AL)joyfully accepted the plundering of your^[j]goods, knowing that^(AM)you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves^[k]in heaven.³⁵Therefore do not cast away your confidence,^(AN)which has great reward.³⁶^(AO)For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God,^(AP)you may receive the promise:

³⁷“For^(AQ)yet a little while,
And^(AR)He^[l]who is coming will come and will not^[m]tarry.
³⁸Now^(AS)the^[n]just shall live by faith;
But ifanyonedraws back,
My soul has no pleasure in him.”