Hebrews 9:11-28

New American Standard Bible

¹¹ But when Christ appeared as a ^(A)high priest of the ^(B)good things ^[a]having come, He entered through ^(C)the greater and more perfect ^[b]tabernacle, ^(D)not made by hands, that is, ^(E)not of this creation; ¹² and not through ^(F)the blood of goats and calves, but ^(G)through His own blood, He ^(H)entered the holy place ^(I)once for all time, ^[c]having obtained ^(J)eternal redemption. ¹³ For if ^(K)the blood of goats and bulls, and ^(L)the ^[d]ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify for the ^[e]cleansing of the flesh, ¹⁴ how much more will ^(M)the blood of Christ, who through ^[f](N)the eternal Spirit ^(O)offered Himself without blemish to God, ^(P)cleanse your conscience from ^(Q)dead works to serve ^(R)the living God?

¹⁵ For this reason ^(S)He is the ^(T)mediator of a ^(U)new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the violations that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been ^(V)called may ^(W)receive the promise of ^(X)the eternal inheritance. ¹⁶ For where there is a ^[g]covenant, there must of necessity ^[h]be the death of the one who made it. ¹⁷ For a ^[i]covenant is valid only when people are dead, ^[j]for it is never in force while the one who made it lives. ¹⁸ Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood. ¹⁹ For when every commandment had been ^(Y)spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, ^(Z)he took the ^(AA)blood of the calves and the goats, with ^(AB)water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both ^(AC)the book itself and all the people, ²⁰ saying, “^(AD)This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you.” ²¹ And in the same way he ^(AE)sprinkled both the ^[k]tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood. ²² And ^(AF)almost all things are cleansed with blood, according to the Law, and ^(AG)without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

²³ Therefore it was necessary for the ^(AH)copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these things, but ^(AI)the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴ For Christ ^(AJ)did not enter a holy place made by hands, a mere copy of ^(AK)the true one, but into ^(AL)heaven itself, now ^(AM)to appear in the presence of God for us; ²⁵ nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as ^(AN)the high priest enters ^(AO)the Holy Place ^(AP)year by year with blood that is not his own. ²⁶ Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since ^(AQ)the foundation of the world; but now ^(AR)once at ^(AS)the consummation of the ages He has been ^(AT)revealed to put away sin ^[l](AU)by the sacrifice of Himself. ²⁷ And just as ^(AV)it is destined for people to die once, and after this ^(AW)comes judgment, ²⁸ so Christ also, having been ^(AX)offered once to ^(AY)bear the sins of many, will appear ^(AZ)a second time for ^(BA)salvation ^(BB)without reference to sin, to those who ^(BC)eagerly await Him.