“Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, ‘Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways.’

By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up.

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

Grace be with you all.

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,

On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.

On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless,

Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it.

We must go out to him, then, outside the camp, bearing the abuse he experienced.

Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.

equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

“It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord.

And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying,

Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.

But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity,

then he says, “Here I am: I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first to establish the second.