how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our<n id="1" /> consciences from dead works to worship the living God.p>

<p class="bodytext">And so he is the mediator<n id="1" /> of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised,<n id="2" /> since he died<n id="3" /> to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.

keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and <i>has taken his seat at the right hand of the thronei> of God.<n id="1" />

For when Moses had spoken every command to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

<p class="otpoetry"><i><b>You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessnessb>.i>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>So Godb>, <b>your Godb>, <b>has anointed you over your companionsb>i><n id="1" /> <i><b>with the oil of rejoicingb>.i>&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">But to which of the angels<n id="1" /> has he ever said, &#8220;<b><i>Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feeti>b>&#8221;?<n id="2" />

<p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<i><b>Thereforeb>, <b>I became provoked at that generation and saidb>,i> &#8216;<b><i>Their hearts are always wanderingi>b><n id="1" /> <i><b>and they have not known my waysb>.i>&#8217;p>

Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

but Jesus<n id="1" /> did so<n id="2" /> with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, &#8220;<i><b>The Lord has sworn and will not change his mindb>,i> &#8216;<b><i>You are a priest foreveri>b>&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" /> &#8211;

This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper.

<t /><p class="bodytext">But now Christ has come<n id="1" /> as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.

so also, after Christ was offered once to <i>bear the sins of manyi>,<n id="1" /> to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin<n id="2" /> but to bring salvation.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<i><b>Then I saidb>,i> &#8216;<b><i>Here I am:i>b><n id="1" /> <i><b>I have come &#8211; it is written of me in the scroll of the book &#8211; to do your willb>, <b>O Godb>.i>&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison,<n id="1" /> and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly<n id="2" /> had a better and lasting possession.

Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and <b><i>worshiped as he leaned on his staffi>b>.<n id="1" />

(the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.

Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.