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)

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Footnotes

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

Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.”(A) He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy(B) through the sacrifice of the body(C) of Jesus Christ once for all.(D)

11 Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices,(E) which can never take away sins.(F) 12 But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins,(G) he sat down at the right hand of God,(H)

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and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us(A) and gave himself up for us(B) as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(C)

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