Jesus Greater Than Moses

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters,(A) who share in the heavenly calling,(B) fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge(C) as our apostle and high priest.(D) He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.(E) Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses,(F) just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.(G) “Moses was faithful as a servant(H) in all God’s house,”[a](I) bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. But Christ is faithful as the Son(J) over God’s house. And we are his house,(K) if indeed we hold firmly(L) to our confidence and the hope(M) in which we glory.

Warning Against Unbelief

So, as the Holy Spirit says:(N)

“Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts(O)
as you did in the rebellion,
    during the time of testing in the wilderness,
where your ancestors tested and tried me,
    though for forty years they saw what I did.(P)
10 That is why I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray,
    and they have not known my ways.’
11 So I declared on oath in my anger,(Q)
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’ (R)[b](S)

12 See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.(T) 13 But encourage one another daily,(U) as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.(V) 14 We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold(W) our original conviction firmly to the very end.(X) 15 As has just been said:

“Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts
    as you did in the rebellion.”[c](Y)

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

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 3:5 Num. 12:7
  2. Hebrews 3:11 Psalm 95:7-11
  3. Hebrews 3:15 Psalm 95:7,8

Jesús, superior a Moisés

Por tanto, hermanos santos(A), participantes del llamamiento celestial(B), considerad a Jesús, el Apóstol(C) y Sumo Sacerdote(D) de nuestra fe[a](E). El cual fue fiel[b] al que le designó[c], como también lo fue Moisés en toda la casa de Dios[d](F). Porque Él ha sido considerado digno de más gloria que Moisés(G), así como el constructor de la casa tiene más honra que la casa. Porque toda casa es hecha por alguno, pero el que hace todas las cosas es Dios. Y Moisés fue fiel en toda la casa de Dios[e](H) como siervo(I), para testimonio(J) de lo que se iba a decir más tarde(K); pero Cristo fue fiel como Hijo sobre la casa de Dios[f](L), cuya casa somos nosotros(M), si retenemos firme(N) hasta el fin nuestra confianza(O) y la gloria[g] de nuestra esperanza(P). Por lo cual, como dice el Espíritu Santo(Q):

Si oís hoy su voz(R),
no endurezcáis vuestros corazones, como en la provocación,
como en el día de la prueba en el desierto(S),
(T)donde vuestros padres me tentaron al ponerme a prueba,
y vieron mis obras por cuarenta años(U).
10 Por lo cual me disgusté con aquella generación,
y dije: «siempre se desvían en su corazón,
y no han conocido mis caminos(V)»;
11 como juré en mi ira:
«No entrarán en mi reposo(W)».

12 Tened cuidado(X), hermanos, no sea que en alguno de vosotros haya un corazón malo de incredulidad, para apartarse[h] del Dios vivo(Y). 13 Antes exhortaos los unos a los otros cada día(Z), mientras todavía se dice: Hoy; no sea que alguno de vosotros sea endurecido por el engaño del pecado(AA). 14 Porque somos hechos[i] partícipes de Cristo, si es que retenemos(AB) firme hasta el fin el principio de nuestra seguridad(AC), 15 en cuanto se dice:

Si oís hoy su voz,
no endurezcáis vuestros corazones, como en la provocación(AD).

16 Porque ¿quiénes, habiendo oído, le provocaron(AE)? ¿Acaso no fueron todos los que salieron de Egipto(AF) guiados por Moisés? 17 ¿Y con quiénes se disgustó por cuarenta años? ¿No fue con aquellos que pecaron, cuyos cuerpos cayeron en el desierto(AG)? 18 ¿Y a quiénes juró que no entrarían en su reposo(AH), sino a los que fueron desobedientes(AI)? 19 Vemos, pues, que no pudieron entrar a causa de su incredulidad(AJ).

Footnotes

  1. Hebreos 3:1 O, confesión, o, profesión
  2. Hebreos 3:2 Lit., Siendo fiel
  3. Hebreos 3:2 O, constituyó
  4. Hebreos 3:2 Lit., El
  5. Hebreos 3:5 Lit., El
  6. Hebreos 3:6 Lit., El
  7. Hebreos 3:6 O, el gloriarnos
  8. Hebreos 3:12 O, apostatar
  9. Hebreos 3:14 Lit., hemos llegado a ser

The Son Was Faithful

Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as (A)Moses also was faithful in all His house. For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as (B)He who built the house has more honor than the house. For every house is built by someone, but (C)He who built all things is God. (D)And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as (E)a servant, (F)for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, but Christ as (G)a Son over His own house, (H)whose house we are (I)if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope [a]firm to the end.

Be Faithful(J)

Therefore, as (K)the Holy Spirit says:

(L)“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.
10 Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.’
11 So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but [b]exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15 while it is said:

(M)“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

Failure of the Wilderness Wanderers

16 (N)For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? 17 Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, (O)whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18 And (P)to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of (Q)unbelief.

Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 3:6 NU omits firm to the end
  2. Hebrews 3:13 encourage