Hebrews 10:1-4

New International Reader's Version

Christ’s Sacrifice Is Once and for All Time

10 The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming. It is not the real things themselves. The same sacrifices have to be offered over and over again. They must be offered year after year. That’s why the law can never make perfect those who come near to worship. ² If the law could, wouldn’t the sacrifices have stopped being offered? The worshipers would have been made “clean” once and for all time. They would not have felt guilty for their sins anymore. ³ But those offerings remind people of their sins every year. ⁴ It isn’t possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.