Hebrews 9:16-18

Worldwide English (New Testament)

¹⁶ A person can say who will get his things when he dies. He writes this agreement down. Before anyone can have them, it must be proved that the person has died.

¹⁷ The agreement has no power until the one who made it has died. It has no power as long as the one who made it is living.

¹⁸ So even the old agreement made by God was not begun without blood.