He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all.

For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in ¹  with those who heard it in faith. ² 

so that we who have found refuge in him ¹  may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

“And there will be no need at all ¹  for each one to teach his countryman or each one to teach his brother saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ since they will all know me, from the least to the greatest. ² 

So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

where he is now waiting ¹  until his enemies are made a footstool for his feet. ² 

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

Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, ¹  and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment. ² 

For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us. ¹ 

For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship. ¹ 

Therefore we must be wary ¹  that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, ¹  he received the ability to procreate, ²  because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy.

Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

For if the message spoken through angels ¹  proved to be so firm that every violation ²  or disobedience received its just penalty,

For everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, because he is an infant.

And the others ¹  who became priests were numerous, because death prevented them ²  from continuing in office, ³ 

For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’” ¹  And yet God’s works ²  were accomplished from the foundation of the world.

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer.

They served only for matters of food and drink ¹  and various washings; they are external regulations ²  imposed until the new order came. ³ 

Besides, we have experienced discipline from ¹  our earthly fathers ²  and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life? ³