²³ to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written^[a] in heaven, to a Judge, who is God of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,^{(A) 24} and to Jesus, the mediator^(B) of a new covenant,^(C) and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel.^(D)

²⁵ See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven.^(E)