¹² “A man named Ananias came to see me.^(A) He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there.^{(B) 13} He stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very moment I was able to see him.

¹⁴ “Then he said: ‘The God of our ancestors^(C) has chosen you to know his will and to see^(D) the Righteous One^(E) and to hear words from his mouth. ¹⁵ You will be his witness^(F) to all people of what you have seen^(G) and heard. ¹⁶ And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized^(H) and wash your sins away,^(I) calling on his name.’^(J)

The Blood of Christ

¹¹ But when Christ came as high priest^(A) of the good things that are now already here,^[a](B) he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle^(C) that is not made with human hands,^(D) that is to say, is not a part of this creation. ¹² He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves;^(E) but he entered the Most Holy Place^(F) once for all^(G) by his own blood,^(H) thus obtaining^[b] eternal redemption. ¹³ The blood of goats and bulls^(I) and the ashes of a heifer^(J) sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. ¹⁴ How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit^(K) offered himself^(L) unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences^(M) from acts that lead to death,^[c](N) so that we may serve the living God!^(O)