¹⁰ He who descended is the very one who ascended^(A) higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)^(B)

²⁶ Such a high priest^(A) truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners,^(B) exalted above the heavens.^(C)

Jesus the Great High Priest

¹⁴ Therefore, since we have a great high priest^(A) who has ascended into heaven,^[a](B) Jesus the Son of God,^(C) let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.^(D)

²⁰ he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead^(A) and seated him at his right hand^(B) in the heavenly realms,^{(C) 21} far above all rule and authority, power and dominion,^(D) and every name^(E) that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.^{(F) 22} And God placed all things under his feet^(G) and appointed him to be head^(H) over everything for the church, ²³ which is his body,^(I) the fullness of him^(J) who fills everything in every way.^(K)

²³ It was necessary, then, for the copies^(A) of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. ²⁴ For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one;^(B) he entered heaven itself,^(C) now to appear for us in God’s presence.^(D)

⁹ For in Christ all the fullness^(A) of the Deity lives in bodily form,

¹⁹ For God was pleased^(A) to have all his fullness^(B) dwell in him,

³⁴ Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.^(A)

¹⁶ Beyond all question, the mystery^(A) from which true godliness^(B) springs is great: