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11 But when Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come,[a] then through the greater and perfect[b] tent[c] (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation), 12 he entered once for all into the Holy Place, not with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, with the sprinkling of the ashes of a heifer, sanctifies those who have been defiled so that their flesh is purified, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit[d] offered himself without blemish to God, purify our[e] conscience from dead works to worship the living God!

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 9:11 Other ancient authorities read good things to come
  2. Hebrews 9:11 Gk more perfect
  3. Hebrews 9:11 Or tabernacle
  4. Hebrews 9:14 Other ancient authorities read Holy Spirit
  5. Hebrews 9:14 Other ancient authorities read your

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