Hebrews 9:14-20

New International Version

¹⁴ How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit^(A) offered himself^(B) unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences^(C) from acts that lead to death,^[a](D) so that we may serve the living God!^(E)

¹⁵ For this reason Christ is the mediator^(F) of a new covenant,^(G) that those who are called^(H) may receive the promised^(I) eternal inheritance^(J)—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.^(K)

¹⁶ In the case of a will,^[b] it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, ¹⁷ because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it is living. ¹⁸ This is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.^{(L) 19} When Moses had proclaimed^(M) every command of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves,^(N) together with water, scarlet wool and branches of hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people.^{(O) 20} He said, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”^[c](P)