Hebrews 9:11-28
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11But when Christ appeared as a ahigh priest of the bgood things 1to come, He entered through cthe greater and more perfect tabernacle, dnot made with hands, that is to say, enot of this creation, 12and not through athe blood of goats and calves, but bthrough His own blood, He centered the holy places donce for all, 1having obtained eeternal redemption. 13For if athe blood of goats and bulls and bthe ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the 1cleansing of the flesh, 14how much more will athe blood of Christ, who through 1,bthe eternal Spirit coffered Himself without blemish to God, dcleanse 2your conscience from edead works to serve fthe living God?
15And for this reason aHe is the bmediator of a cnew covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the trespasses that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been dcalled may ereceive the promise of fthe eternal inheritance. 16For where a 1covenant is, there must of necessity 2be the death of the one who made it. 17For a 1covenant is valid only when 2men are dead, 3for it is never in force while the one who made it lives. 18Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood. 19For when every commandment had been aspoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, bhe took the cblood of the calves and the goats, with dwater and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both ethe book itself and all the people, 20saying, “aThis is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you.” 21And in the same way, both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry he asprinkled with the blood. 22And according to the 1Law, one may aalmost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and bwithout shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
23Therefore it was necessary for the acopies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but bthe heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24For Christ adid not enter holy places made with hands, mere copies of bthe true ones, but into cheaven itself, now dto appear in the presence of God for us; 25nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as athe high priest enters bthe holy places cyear by year with blood that is not his own. 26Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since athe foundation of the world; but now bonce at cthe consummation of the ages He has been dmanifested to put away sin 1,eby the sacrifice of Himself. 27And inasmuch as ait is 1appointed for men to die once and after this bcomes judgment, 28so Christ also, having been aoffered once to bbear the sins of many, will appear ca second time for dsalvation ewithout reference to sin, to those who feagerly await Him.