For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be proven.<n id="1" />

<p class="otpoetry"><i><b>And this is my covenant with themb>,i><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>when I take away their sins.&#8221;i>b><n id="2" />p>

For a will takes effect only at death, since it carries no force while the one who made it is alive.

And in the same way he took<n id="1" /> the cup after they had eaten,<n id="2" /> saying, &#8220;This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant<n id="3" /> in my blood.p>

In the same way, he also took the cup after supper, saying, &#8220;This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, every time you drink it, in remembrance of me.&#8221;

<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.

&#8220;<i><b>This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those daysb>, <b>says the Lordb>. <b>I will putb>i><n id="1" /> <b><i>my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their mindsi>b>,&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<b><i>It will not be like the covenanti>b><n id="1" /> <i><b>that I made with their fathersb>, <b>on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egyptb>, <b>because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for themb>, <b>says the Lordb>.i>p>

<p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<i><b>For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those daysb>, <b>says the Lordb>. <b>I will putb>i><n id="1" /> <b><i>my laws in their mindsi>b><n id="2" /> <i><b>and I will inscribe them on their heartsb>. <b>And I will be their God and they will be my peopleb>.i><n id="3" />p>