Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹¹ Every priest stands day after day doing his work. He makes the same sacrifices many times. But these sacrifices can never clean away the wrong things people have done.

¹² But Christ made one sacrifice to clean away their wrong ways for ever. Then he sat down beside God.

¹³ Since then, he is waiting till his enemies are put under him.

¹⁴ By one sacrifice Christ has made right for ever all those people who are being made holy.

¹⁵ The Holy Spirit tells us about this also.

¹⁶ First he said, `This is the agreement that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts. I will write them in their minds.'

¹⁷ Then he also said, `I will never remember the wrong things they have done and the times they did not obey.'

¹⁸ When these wrong things have been forgiven, a sacrifice is not needed for them again.

¹⁹ So, my brothers, we can go into the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus.

²⁰ He made a new and living way for us. He opened up God's way specially for us. It lets us through the big curtain or cloth which hides God from us. This happened when Jesus gave his body as a sacrifice.

²¹ Also, we have a high priest who has charge of God's people.

²² So let us come to him with a true heart. Let us come because we believe all these things. Let us come with our hearts washed clean from our wrong ways. Let us come with our bodies washed with clean water.

²³ We must hold on to God's promise that we have said we believed. And we must never let go. He has promised and he will do it.

²⁴ Let us think of one another and help one another to love and to do good things.

²⁵ Do not stop going to church meetings. Some people do stop. But help each other to be strong. You must do it all the more as you see the Great Day coming closer.

13 When Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said, `Look Master, see those big stones and the wonderful houses!'

² Jesus said, `You see these big houses? I tell you, not one stone here will be left on top of another. They will all be thrown down! `

³ Afterwards, he was sitting on the hill called the Mount of Olives, near the temple. Peter, James, John, and Andrew came to him alone.

⁴ They said, `Tell us, when will this happen? What will be the sign when these things are going to be done?'

⁵ Then Jesus began to talk to them. He said, `Take care. Do not let anyone fool you.

⁶ Many men will come in my name. They will say, "I am Christ." They will fool many people.

⁷ You will hear about wars. You will hear that war is coming. But do not fear. These things must happen, but that is not yet the end.

⁸ One tribe will fight against another tribe. And one country will fight against another country. The earth will shake in many different places. People will have no food to eat. These troubles are only the beginning of the troubles that will come.