⁹ Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.^(A) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened^(B) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,^(C) which is of no benefit to those who do so.^{(D) 10} We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle^(E) have no right to eat.^(F)

¹¹ The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering,^(G) but the bodies are burned outside the camp.^{(H) 12} And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate^(I) to make the people holy^(J) through his own blood.^{(K) 13} Let us, then, go to him^(L) outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.^{(M) 14} For here we do not have an enduring city,^(N) but we are looking for the city that is to come.^(O)

¹⁵ Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice^(P) of praise—the fruit of lips^(Q) that openly profess his name. ¹⁶ And do not forget to do good and to share with others,^(R) for with such sacrifices^(S) God is pleased.

¹⁷ Have confidence in your leaders^(T) and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you^(U) as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

Benediction and Final Greetings

²⁰ Now may the God of peace,^(A) who through the blood of the eternal covenant^(B) brought back from the dead^(C) our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,^{(D) 21} equip you with everything good for doing his will,^(E) and may he work in us^(F) what is pleasing to him,^(G) through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.^(H)

Psalm 23

A psalm of David.

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand^(A)(B)

³⁰ The apostles^(C) gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.^{(D) 31} Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat,^(E) he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”

³² So they went away by themselves in a boat^(F) to a solitary place. ³³ But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. ³⁴ When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd.^(G) So he began teaching them many things.