¹⁴ Since the children have flesh and blood,^(A) he too shared in their humanity^(B) so that by his death he might break the power^(C) of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil^(D)— ¹⁵ and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear^(E) of death. ¹⁶ For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham’s descendants.^{(F) 17} For this reason he had to be made like them,^[a](G) fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful^(H) and faithful high priest^(I) in service to God,^(J) and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.^{(K) 18} Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.^(L)

Jesus Greater Than Moses

3 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters,^(M) who share in the heavenly calling,^(N) fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge^(O) as our apostle and high priest.^{(P) 2} He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.^{(Q) 3} Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses,^(R) just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. ⁴ For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.^{(S) 5} “Moses was faithful as a servant^(T) in all God’s house,”^[b](U) bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. ⁶ But Christ is faithful as the Son^(V) over God’s house. And we are his house,^(W) if indeed we hold firmly^(X) to our confidence and the hope^(Y) in which we glory.

Warning Against Unbelief

⁷ So, as the Holy Spirit says:^(Z)

¹² See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.^{(AF) 13} But encourage one another daily,^(AG) as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.^{(AH) 14} We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold^(AI) our original conviction firmly to the very end.^{(AJ) 15} As has just been said:

¹⁶ Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?^{(AL) 17} And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness?^{(AM) 18} And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest^(AN) if not to those who disobeyed?^{(AO) 19} So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.^(AP)