Hebrews 13

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Concluding Exhortations

13 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.^(A) ²Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers,^(B) for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.^(C) ³Continue to remember those in prison^(D) as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.

⁴Marriage should be honored by all,^(E) and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.^(F) ⁵Keep your lives free from the love of money^(G) and be content with what you have,^(H) because God has said,

“Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”^[a]^(I)

⁶So we say with confidence,

“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?”^[b]^(J)

⁷Remember your leaders,^(K) who spoke the word of God^(L) to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate^(M) their faith. ⁸Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.^(N)

⁹Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.^(O) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened^(P) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,^(Q) which is of no benefit to those who do so.^(R) ¹⁰We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle^(S) have no right to eat.^(T)

¹¹The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering,^(U) but the bodies are burned outside the camp.^(V) ¹²And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate^(W) to make the people holy^(X) through his own blood.^(Y) ¹³Let us, then, go to him^(Z) outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.^(AA) ¹⁴For here we do not have an enduring city,^(AB) but we are looking for the city that is to come.^(AC)

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

¹⁷Have confidence in your leaders^(AH) and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you^(AI) 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.

¹⁸Pray for us.^(AJ) We are sure that we have a clear conscience^(AK) and desire to live honorably in every way. ¹⁹I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.^(AL)

Benediction and Final Greetings

²⁰Now may the God of peace,^(AM) who through the blood of the eternal covenant^(AN) brought back from the dead^(AO) our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,^(AP) ²¹equip you with everything good for doing his will,^(AQ) and may he work in us^(AR) what is pleasing to him,^(AS) through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.^(AT)

²²Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.^(AU)

²³I want you to know that our brother Timothy^(AV) has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.

²⁴Greet all your leaders^(AW) and all the Lord’s people. Those from Italy^(AX) send you their greetings.

²⁵Grace be with you all.^(AY)

Footnotes

Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6
Hebrews 13:6 Psalm 118:6,7

Psalm 147

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Psalm 147

¹Praise the Lord.^[a]

How good it is to sing praises to our God,
how pleasant^(A) and fitting to praise him!^(B)

²The Lord builds up Jerusalem;^(C)
    he gathers the exiles^(D) of Israel.
³He heals the brokenhearted^(E)
    and binds up their wounds.^(F)
⁴He determines the number of the stars^(G)
    and calls them each by name.
⁵Great is our Lord^(H) and mighty in power;^(I)
    his understanding has no limit.^(J)
⁶The Lord sustains the humble^(K)
    but casts the wicked^(L) to the ground.

⁷Sing to the Lord^(M) with grateful praise;^(N)
make music^(O) to our God on the harp.^(P)

⁸He covers the sky with clouds;^(Q)
    he supplies the earth with rain^(R)
    and makes grass grow^(S) on the hills.
⁹He provides food^(T) for the cattle
    and for the young ravens^(U) when they call.

¹⁰His pleasure is not in the strength^(V) of the horse,^(W)
nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
¹¹the Lord delights^(X) in those who fear him,^(Y)
who put their hope^(Z) in his unfailing love.^(AA)

¹²Extol the Lord, Jerusalem;^(AB)
praise your God, Zion.

¹³He strengthens the bars of your gates^(AC)
and blesses your people^(AD) within you.
¹⁴He grants peace^(AE) to your borders
and satisfies you^(AF) with the finest of wheat.^(AG)

¹⁵He sends his command^(AH) to the earth;
    his word runs^(AI) swiftly.
¹⁶He spreads the snow^(AJ) like wool
    and scatters the frost^(AK) like ashes.
¹⁷He hurls down his hail^(AL) like pebbles.
    Who can withstand his icy blast?
¹⁸He sends his word^(AM) and melts them;
    he stirs up his breezes,^(AN) and the waters flow.

¹⁹He has revealed his word^(AO) to Jacob,^(AP)
his laws and decrees^(AQ) to Israel.
²⁰He has done this for no other nation;^(AR)
they do not know^(AS) his laws.^[b]

Praise the Lord.^(AT)

Footnotes

Psalm 147:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 20
Psalm 147:20 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint nation; / he has not made his laws known to them