Hebrews 10:1-14

English Standard Version

Christ's Sacrifice Once for All

10 For since the law has but ^(A)a shadow ^(B)of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, ^(C)it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. ²Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? ³But ^(D)in these sacrifices ^(E)there is a reminder of sins every year. ⁴For ^(F)it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

⁵Consequently, ^(G)when Christ^[a] came into the world, he said,

^(H)“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
    but a body have you prepared for me;
⁶in burnt offerings and sin offerings
    you have taken no pleasure.
⁷Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,
    as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”

⁸When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in ^(I)sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), ⁹then he added, ^(J)“Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. ¹⁰And by that will ^(K)we have been sanctified through the offering of ^(L)the body of Jesus Christ ^(M)once for all.

¹¹And every priest stands ^(N)daily at his service, ^(O)offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, ^(P)which can never take away sins. ¹²But when Christ^[b] had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he ^(Q)sat down at the right hand of God, ¹³waiting from that time ^(R)until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. ¹⁴For by a single offering ^(S)he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.