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Jesus Christ is always the same, yesterday, today and for ever. Some people teach all kinds of strange new things.[a] Do not let them lead you away from God's true message. It is good that God is very kind to us. That is what makes us strong inside ourselves. Rules about what foods we should eat do not make us strong like that. Those rules have never helped the people who tried to obey them.

10 Jesus Christ is the sacrifice that saves us. Jewish priests do not have the authority to receive anything from his sacrifice.

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  1. 13:9 Some people were teaching that Christians should obey certain rules about food. They thought that Christians should obey the old rules about meals at the Jewish sacrifices. Food can make our bodies strong but it cannot help our spirits. Only God can help us like that. Only God can make us really strong inside ourselves.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.(A)

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

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