²⁸ This is my blood of the^[a] covenant,^(A) which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.^(B)

⁴ It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats^(A) to take away sins.^(B)

⁵ Therefore, when Christ came into the world,^(C) he said:

⁸ First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”^(G)—though they were offered in accordance with the law. ⁹ Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.”^(H) He sets aside the first to establish the second. ¹⁰ And by that will, we have been made holy^(I) through the sacrifice of the body^(J) of Jesus Christ once for all.^(K)

¹¹ Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices,^(L) which can never take away sins.^{(M) 12} But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins,^(N) he sat down at the right hand of God,^{(O) 13} and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool.^{(P) 14} For by one sacrifice he has made perfect^(Q) forever those who are being made holy.^(R)

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) 21} In the same way, he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and everything used in its ceremonies. ²² In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood,^(Q) and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.^(R)

²⁸ just as the Son of Man^(A) did not come to be served, but to serve,^(B) and to give his life as a ransom^(C) for many.”

¹¹ For the life of a creature is in the blood,^(A) and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life.^[a](B)