Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

²³ Therefore it was a necessity that the copies^[a] of the things in the heavens be cleansed with these^[b] things— but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

He Entered The Heavenly Temple

²⁴ For Christ did not enter into the Holies made-by-human-hands— copies of the true things— but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.

He Offered Himself Once For All As a Sacrifice To Set Aside Sin

²⁵ Nor did He enter in order that He might offer Himself often— as indeed the high priest enters into the Holies yearly with the blood belonging-to-another— ²⁶ otherwise He would had-to-have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once-for-all at the conclusion^[c] of the ages for the setting-aside of sin by the sacrifice^[d] of Himself.

He Will Appear To Us a Second Time For Salvation

²⁷ And just as it is destined for people to die once and after this comes the judgment, ²⁸ so also^[e] Christ, having been offered once so as to bear^[f] the sins of many, will appear for a second time without reference to sin to the ones eagerly-awaiting Him, for salvation.