Hebrews 10:8-18

Contemporary English Version

⁸The Law teaches that offerings and sacrifices must be made because of sin. But why did Christ mention these things and say that God did not want them? ⁹Well, it was to do away with offerings and sacrifices and to replace them. This is what he meant by saying to God, “I have come to do what you want.” ¹⁰So we are made holy because Christ obeyed God and offered himself once for all.

¹¹^(A) The priests do their work each day, and they keep on offering sacrifices that can never take away sins. ¹²^(B) But Christ offered himself as a sacrifice that is good forever. Now he is sitting at God's right side,^[a] ¹³and he will stay there until his enemies are put under his power. ¹⁴By his one sacrifice he has forever set free from sin the people he brings to God.

¹⁵The Holy Spirit also speaks of this by telling us that the Lord said,

¹⁶^(C) “When the time comes,
I will make an agreement
    with them.
I will write my laws
    on their minds and hearts.
¹⁷^(D) Then I will forget
    about their sins
and no longer remember
    their evil deeds.”