12 Not (A)with the blood of goats and calves, but (B)with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place (C)once for all, (D)having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if (E)the blood of bulls and goats and (F)the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, [a]sanctifies for the [b]purifying of the flesh, 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without [c]spot to God, (G)cleanse your conscience from (H)dead works (I)to serve the living God? 15 And for this reason (J)He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that (K)those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

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  1. Hebrews 9:13 sets apart
  2. Hebrews 9:13 cleansing
  3. Hebrews 9:14 blemish

12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves;(A) but he entered the Most Holy Place(B) once for all(C) by his own blood,(D) thus obtaining[a] eternal redemption. 13 The blood of goats and bulls(E) and the ashes of a heifer(F) sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit(G) offered himself(H) unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences(I) from acts that lead to death,[b](J) so that we may serve the living God!(K)

15 For this reason Christ is the mediator(L) of a new covenant,(M) that those who are called(N) may receive the promised(O) eternal inheritance(P)—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.(Q)

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  1. Hebrews 9:12 Or blood, having obtained
  2. Hebrews 9:14 Or from useless rituals