\id HEB - Copyright World Bible Translation Center 1987, 1999, 2006, 2008 
\ide UTF-8
\h Hebrews 
\toc1 Hebrews 
\toc2 Hebrews 
\mt1 Hebrews 
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\s1 God Has Spoken Through His Son 
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\v 1 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w past|strong="G3819"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G4181"\w* times \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w many|strong="G4181"\w* different \w ways|strong="G4187"\w*. 
\v 2 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w last|strong="G2078"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w God|strong="G4160"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w whole|strong="G3956"\w* \w world|strong="G0165"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* chosen \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. 
\v 3 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* Son shows \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* perfect copy \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w nature|strong="G5287"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* holds \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w together|strong="G1722"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \w command|strong="G4487"\w*. \w The|strong="G3956"\w* Son \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* clean \w from|strong="G1391"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* side\f + \fr 1:3  \fk right side \ft The place of honor and authority (power).\f* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Great|strong="G3956"\w* \w One|strong="G3739"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* heaven. 
\v 4 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Son \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w much|strong="G3745"\w* \w greater|strong="G2909"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w*, \w and|strong="G0846"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* gave \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w much|strong="G3745"\w* \w greater|strong="G2909"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* any \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w names|strong="G3686"\w*. 
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\v 5 \w God|strong="G0846"\w* never \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w any|strong="G4218"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w*: 
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\q1 “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G3004"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*. 
\q2 \w Today|strong="G4594"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* become \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*.” \rq Psalm 2:7\rq* 
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\m \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* never \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* \w angel|strong="G0032"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G3004"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*.” \rq 2 Samuel 7:14\rq* 
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\v 6 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* presents \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w firstborn|strong="G4416"\w* Son \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w*,\f + \fr 1:6  \fk world \ft This may mean the world into which Jesus was born (see Luke 2:1-14), or it may have the same meaning as in Heb. 2:5—the world to come, to which the risen Christ is presented as king (see Php. 2:9-11).\f* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w Let|strong="G3004"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*.”\f + \fr 1:6  \fk “Let … him” \ft These words are found in Deuteronomy 32:43 in the ancient Greek version and in a Hebrew scroll from Qumran.\f* 
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\v 7 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w*: 
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\q1 “\w He|strong="G2532"\w* changes \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* \w into|strong="G4160"\w* \w winds|strong="G4151"\w*\f + \fr 1:7  \fk winds \ft This can also mean “spirits.”\f* 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w servants|strong="G3011"\w* \w into|strong="G4160"\w* \w flaming|strong="G5395"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w*.” \rq Psalm 104:4\rq* 
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\v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*: 
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\q1 “\w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* last \w forever|strong="G0165"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ever|strong="G0165"\w*. 
\q2 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* use \w your|strong="G2532"\w* authority \w for|strong="G1519"\w* justice. 
\q1
\v 9 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w love|strong="G0025"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w hate|strong="G3404"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w wrong|strong="G0093"\w*. 
\q2 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w your|strong="G0025"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w has|strong="G2316"\w* chosen \w you|strong="G4771"\w*, 
\q2 giving \w you|strong="G4771"\w* more honor \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w joy|strong="G0020"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* anyone like \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.” \rq Psalm 45:6-7\rq* 
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\v 10 God \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, 
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\q1 “O \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w beginning|strong="G0746"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* made \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2962"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* made \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*. 
\q1
\v 11 \w These|strong="G0846"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* disappear, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* stay. 
\q2 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w wear|strong="G3822"\w* out \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w old|strong="G3822"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w*. 
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\v 12 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* fold \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w up|strong="G1667"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w changed|strong="G0236"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w clothes|strong="G2440"\w*. 
\q1 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w change|strong="G0236"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* life \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w end|strong="G1587"\w*.” \rq Psalm 102:25-27\rq* 
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\v 13 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* never \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w an|strong="G0032"\w* \w angel|strong="G0032"\w*: 
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\q1 “\w Sit|strong="G2521"\w* \w at|strong="G1537"\w* \w my|strong="G5087"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* side 
\q2 \w until|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w your|strong="G5087"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* \w under|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G5087"\w* power.\f + \fr 1:13  \fk until I put … power \ft Literally, “until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”\f*” \rq Psalm 110:1\rq* 
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\v 14 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* angels \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w serve|strong="G1248"\w* God \w and|strong="G4151"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w sent|strong="G0649"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* receive \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w*. 
\c 2  
\s1 Our Salvation Is Greater Than the Law 
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\v 1 \w So|strong="G3379"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* \w more|strong="G4056"\w* \w careful|strong="G4337"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* follow \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w were|strong="G3778"\w* taught. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* \w careful|strong="G4337"\w* \w so|strong="G3379"\w* \w that|strong="G0191"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G3379"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* pulled \w away|strong="G3901"\w* \w from|strong="G0191"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* true \w way|strong="G1223"\w*. 
\v 2 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* shown \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* true. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* time \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w did|strong="G1096"\w* something against \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3956"\w* punished \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1096"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3956"\w* punished \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* obey \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w teaching|strong="G3056"\w*. 
\v 3 \w So|strong="G1519"\w* surely \w we|strong="G2249"\w* also \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w be|strong="G2962"\w* punished \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* don’t pay \w attention|strong="G0272"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G3748"\w* \w that|strong="G0191"\w* \w is|strong="G2962"\w* \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w great|strong="G5082"\w*. \w It|strong="G1223"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2962"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G0746"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w*. \w And|strong="G2962"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w him|strong="G0191"\w* proved \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G0191"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G2962"\w* true. 
\v 4 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* proved \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* using \w miraculous|strong="G1411"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w*, \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* kinds \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* proved \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* giving \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w various|strong="G4164"\w* \w gifts|strong="G3311"\w* \w through|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* wanted. 
\s1 \w Christ|strong="G0846"\w* Became \w Like|strong="G2596"\w* \w People|strong="G0846"\w*  //  \w to|strong="G2596"\w* Save \w Them|strong="G0846"\w* 
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\v 5 \w God|strong="G5293"\w* did \w not|strong="G3756"\w* choose \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G3195"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* rulers \w over|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* new \w world|strong="G3625"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* coming. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w future|strong="G3195"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w been|strong="G3756"\w* \w talking|strong="G2980"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w*. 
\v 6 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* written \w some|strong="G5100"\w* place \w in|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* Scriptures, 
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\q1 “\w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* important \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*? 
\q2 \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w even|strong="G1161"\w* think \w about|strong="G4225"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*? 
\q1 \w Why|strong="G5101"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* care \w about|strong="G4225"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w man|strong="G0444"\w*\f + \fr 2:6  \fk son of man \ft This can mean any human, but the name “Son of Man” (see “Son of Man” in the Word List) is often used to mean Jesus, who showed what God planned for all people to be.\f*? 
\q2 \w Is|strong="G1510"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* important? 
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\v 7 \w For|strong="G3844"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G1024"\w* \w time|strong="G1024"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1642"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w lower|strong="G1642"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w*. 
\q2 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w crowned|strong="G4737"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w*. 
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\v 8 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w put|strong="G5293"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w under|strong="G5270"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w control|strong="G4228"\w*.\f + \fr 2:8  \fk control \ft Literally, “feet.”\f*” \rq Psalm 8:4-6\rq* 
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\m If \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w put|strong="G5293"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w under|strong="G5270"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w control|strong="G4228"\w*, \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w left|strong="G0863"\w* \w that|strong="G3708"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G3708"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* rule. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* don’t \w yet|strong="G1161"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* ruling \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*. 
\v 9 \w For|strong="G5228"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G1024"\w* \w time|strong="G1024"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w was|strong="G2424"\w* \w made|strong="G1642"\w* \w lower|strong="G1642"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G0991"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* wearing \w a|strong="G2532"\w* crown \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* suffered \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w*. \w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*. 
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\v 10 \w God|strong="G0846"\w*—\w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w made|strong="G5048"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* exist—wanted \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* children \w and|strong="G2532"\w* share \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* did \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* needed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G5048"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w leads|strong="G0071"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G5048"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w* Savior \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w suffering|strong="G3804"\w*. 
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\v 11 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* makes \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w holy|strong="G0037"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* made \w holy|strong="G0037"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* family. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w ashamed|strong="G1870"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G2564"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters. 
\v 12 \w He|strong="G3004"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, 
\b
\q1 “\w God|strong="G3004"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G0080"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G0080"\w* sisters \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. 
\q2 \w Before|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G0080"\w* \w sing|strong="G5214"\w* \w your|strong="G1722"\w* praises.” \rq Psalm 22:22\rq* 
\b
\m
\v 13 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* says, 
\b
\q1 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w trust|strong="G3982"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.” \rq Isaiah 8:17\rq* 
\b
\m \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* says, 
\b
\q1 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G2400"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w*.” \rq Isaiah 8:18\rq* 
\b
\p
\v 14 \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w physical|strong="G4561"\w* bodies. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* became \w like|strong="G0846"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w experiences|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w*. \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w by|strong="G1223"\w* dying, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2192"\w* destroy \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w power|strong="G2904"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*—\w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w*. 
\v 15 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* became like \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* could \w free|strong="G0525"\w* \w them|strong="G1223"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* like \w slaves|strong="G1397"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*. 
\v 16 Clearly, it \w is|strong="G4690"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* that \w Jesus|strong="G1949"\w* helps. \w He|strong="G0235"\w* helps \w the|strong="G3756"\w* people \w who|strong="G3756"\w* are \w from|strong="G3756"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*. 
\v 17 \w For|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* reason, \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*, \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w merciful|strong="G1655"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w faithful|strong="G4103"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* service \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w bring|strong="G1519"\w* forgiveness \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* people’s \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*. 
\v 18 \w And|strong="G0846"\w* \w now|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w help|strong="G0997"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w help|strong="G0997"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w suffered|strong="G3958"\w* \w and|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w*. 
\c 3  
\s1 Jesus Is Greater Than Moses 
\p
\v 1 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w my|strong="G2532"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* chosen \w by|strong="G2532"\w* God \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, think \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* believe God \w sent|strong="G0652"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* save us \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w*. 
\v 2 \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* high priest, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w faithful|strong="G4103"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* everything \w God|strong="G0846"\w* wanted \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*. 
\v 3 \w When|strong="G0846"\w* someone builds \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w builder|strong="G2680"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w should|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w more|strong="G4183"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*. 
\v 4 \w Every|strong="G3956"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w built|strong="G2680"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w built|strong="G2680"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*. 
\v 5 \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w faithful|strong="G4103"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w servant|strong="G2324"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w whole|strong="G3650"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* future. 
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* faithful \w in|strong="G1909"\w* ruling \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w remain|strong="G1510"\w* confident \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* great \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* glad \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w say|strong="G1473"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\s1 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w Must|strong="G1510"\w* \w Continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* Follow \w God|strong="G0846"\w* 
\p
\v 7 \w So|strong="G1352"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*: 
\b
\q1 “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w*, 
\q2
\v 8 \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2588"\w* stubborn \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* past, 
\q1 \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* turned \w against|strong="G2596"\w* God. 
\q2 \w That|strong="G2250"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* tested God \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w*. 
\q1
\v 9 \w For|strong="G1722"\w* 40 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* desert, \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G3985"\w*. 
\q2 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w tested|strong="G3985"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w my|strong="G3708"\w* patience. 
\q1
\v 10 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w angry|strong="G4360"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\q2 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Their|strong="G0846"\w* thoughts \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w always|strong="G0104"\w* wrong. 
\q2 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w understood|strong="G1097"\w* \w my|strong="G1097"\w* \w ways|strong="G3598"\w*.’ 
\q1
\v 11 \w So|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* angry \w and|strong="G3709"\w* made \w a|strong="G5613"\w* promise: 
\q2 ‘\w They|strong="G5613"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w never|strong="G1487"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*.’” \rq Psalm 95:7-11\rq* 
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\v 12 \w So|strong="G3379"\w*, \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* sisters, \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w careful|strong="G0991"\w* \w that|strong="G2316"\w* none \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* thoughts \w that|strong="G2316"\w* cause \w so|strong="G3379"\w* much doubt \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* stop \w following|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\v 13 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w encourage|strong="G3870"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w while|strong="G2250"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* still \w have|strong="G5100"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* “\w today|strong="G4594"\w*.\f + \fr 3:13  \fk today \ft This word is taken from verse 7. It means it is important to do this now, while there is still opportunity.\f*” Help \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w none|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G5100"\w* fooled \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w and|strong="G2250"\w* become too hard \w to|strong="G2443"\w* change. 
\v 14 \w We|strong="G1437"\w* \w have|strong="G5547"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* honor \w of|strong="G0746"\w* sharing \w in|strong="G1096"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w continue|strong="G1096"\w* \w until|strong="G3360"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w end|strong="G5056"\w* \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w have|strong="G5547"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sure|strong="G0949"\w* faith \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w beginning|strong="G0746"\w*. 
\v 15 That’s why \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G2588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, 
\b
\q1 “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w*, 
\q2 \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2588"\w* stubborn \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* past 
\q2 \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* turned \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*.” \rq Psalm 95:7-8\rq* 
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\p
\v 16 \w Who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* God’s voice \w and|strong="G0191"\w* turned \w against|strong="G1537"\w* \w him|strong="G0191"\w*? \w It|strong="G1223"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* led \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Egypt|strong="G0125"\w*. 
\v 17 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* God \w angry|strong="G4360"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* 40 \w years|strong="G2094"\w*? \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w angry|strong="G4360"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w sinned|strong="G0264"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w their|strong="G1722"\w* dead \w bodies|strong="G2966"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* left \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w*. 
\v 18 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w which|strong="G5101"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* talking \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* promised \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* place \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*? \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* talking \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G1525"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w obey|strong="G0544"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 19 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G0991"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3748"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* allowed \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* God’s rest, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1525"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* believe. 
\c 4  
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\v 1 \w And|strong="G0846"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* still \w have|strong="G5100"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* gave \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. \w That|strong="G0846"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w is|strong="G5100"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* can \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* place \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G3767"\w* \w very|strong="G0846"\w* careful \w that|strong="G0846"\w* none \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* fails \w to|strong="G1519"\w* get \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w*. 
\v 2 \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G0191"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* told \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2097"\w* \w just|strong="G2509"\w* \w as|strong="G2509"\w* \w it|strong="G0191"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G0191"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w did|strong="G0191"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w help|strong="G5623"\w* \w them|strong="G0191"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w it|strong="G0191"\w* \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w did|strong="G0191"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w accept|strong="G0191"\w* \w it|strong="G0191"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. 
\v 3 \w Only|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w it|strong="G1525"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* God’s \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*. \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* angry \w and|strong="G3709"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* promise: 
\q2 ‘\w They|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G1096"\w* \w never|strong="G1487"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*.’” \rq Psalm 95:11\rq* 
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\m \w But|strong="G1487"\w* God’s \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w finished|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* time \w he|strong="G3004"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. 
\v 4 \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w somewhere|strong="G4225"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Scriptures \w he|strong="G2532"\w* talked \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w seventh|strong="G1442"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* week. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w seventh|strong="G1442"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w rested|strong="G2664"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w*.”\x + \xo 4:4  \xt Quote from Genesis 2:2.\x* 
\v 5 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Scripture above God \w said|strong="G2532"\w*, “\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w never|strong="G1487"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w my|strong="G1525"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*.” 
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\v 6 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* opportunity \w is|strong="G5100"\w* still there \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* enjoy \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* rest. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4387"\w* heard \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G1525"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G1525"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* obey. 
\v 7 \w So|strong="G5118"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* planned \w another|strong="G3825"\w* special \w day|strong="G2250"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G5100"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* “\w today|strong="G4594"\w*.” \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w a|strong="G1437"\w* \w long|strong="G5550"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w using|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G0191"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* quoted \w before|strong="G1722"\w*: 
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\q1 “\w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w*, 
\q2 \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3326"\w* stubborn.” \rq Psalm 95:7-8\rq* 
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\v 8 \w We|strong="G3778"\w* know \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w Joshua|strong="G2424"\w* did \w not|strong="G3756"\w* lead \w the|strong="G4012"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w into|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G4012"\w* place \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w rest|strong="G2664"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* promised. \w We|strong="G3778"\w* know \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w another|strong="G0243"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w rest|strong="G2664"\w*. 
\v 9 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* shows \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* seventh-day \w rest|strong="G4520"\w*\f + \fr 4:9  \fk seventh-day rest \ft Literally, “Sabbath rest,” meaning a sharing in the rest God began after he created the world.\f* \w for|strong="G2316"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* still \w to|strong="G2316"\w* come. 
\v 10 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w rested|strong="G2664"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* finished \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* everyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w enters|strong="G1525"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* place \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G1525"\w*. 
\v 11 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w let|strong="G2443"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* try \w as|strong="G1519"\w* hard \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* can \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*. \w We|strong="G3767"\w* \w must|strong="G1525"\w* try hard \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w none|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G3767"\w* lost \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w following|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w example|strong="G5262"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* refused \w to|strong="G1519"\w* obey \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. 
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\v 12 \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w*\f + \fr 4:12  \fk God’s word \ft God’s teachings and commands.\f* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* working. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w sharper|strong="G5114"\w* \w than|strong="G5228"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* sharpest \w sword|strong="G3162"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* cuts \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w into|strong="G2316"\w* us. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* cuts deep \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* place where \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w soul|strong="G5590"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* joined. \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* cuts \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* center \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w joints|strong="G0719"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* bones. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* judges \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w thoughts|strong="G1761"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* feelings \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*. 
\v 13 \w Nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* world can \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w hidden|strong="G0852"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* can clearly see \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w open|strong="G1131"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G1510"\w* explain \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w Christ|strong="G0846"\w* \w Is|strong="G1510"\w* \w Our|strong="G2532"\w* High Priest 
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\v 14 \w We|strong="G2192"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w gone|strong="G1330"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w live|strong="G2192"\w* \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w He|strong="G3767"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w let|strong="G3767"\w* us continue \w to|strong="G2316"\w* express \w our|strong="G2316"\w* faith \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G2424"\w*. 
\v 15 \w Jesus|strong="G3756"\w*, \w our|strong="G3956"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* understand \w our|strong="G3956"\w* \w weaknesses|strong="G0769"\w*. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3756"\w* lived \w on|strong="G2596"\w* earth, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* same ways \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* sinned. 
\v 16 \w With|strong="G3326"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* high priest, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* can feel free \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G4334"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* God’s \w throne|strong="G2362"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* there \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*. There \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1656"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* kindness \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w help|strong="G0996"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w need|strong="G2121"\w* \w it|strong="G2147"\w*. 
\c 5  
\p
\v 1 \w Every|strong="G3956"\w* Jewish \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* chosen \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w men|strong="G0444"\w*. \w That|strong="G2443"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w given|strong="G1435"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* work \w of|strong="G1537"\w* helping \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G2983"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w gifts|strong="G1435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*. 
\v 2 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* high priest \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G0846"\w* \w weaknesses|strong="G0769"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* gentle \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1410"\w* wrong out \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w ignorance|strong="G0050"\w*. 
\v 3 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w offers|strong="G4374"\w* sacrifices \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* sacrifices \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*. 
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\v 4 \w To|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w high|strong="G5100"\w* priest \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* chooses \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w for|strong="G2316"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* work. \w That|strong="G2316"\w* \w person|strong="G5100"\w* \w must|strong="G0235"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* chosen \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w Aaron|strong="G0002"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*. 
\v 5 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* choose \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w honor|strong="G1392"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w becoming|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* chose \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1096"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*. 
\q2 \w Today|strong="G4594"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w your|strong="G1392"\w* \w Father|strong="G1080"\w*.” \rq Psalm 2:7\rq* 
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\v 6 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* part \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w forever|strong="G0165"\w*— 
\q2 \w the|strong="G3588"\w* kind \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*.” \rq Psalm 110:4\rq* 
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\v 7 \w While|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* lived \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G4561"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* prayed \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*, asking \w for|strong="G4314"\w* help \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* prayed \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w loud|strong="G2478"\w* \w cries|strong="G2906"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tears|strong="G1144"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w prayers|strong="G1162"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* answered \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* great respect \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 8 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* God, \w but|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* still \w suffered|strong="G3958"\w*, \w and|strong="G5207"\w* \w through|strong="G0575"\w* \w his|strong="G3739"\w* \w sufferings|strong="G3958"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w learned|strong="G3129"\w* \w to|strong="G1510"\w* \w obey|strong="G5218"\w* \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* God says. 
\v 9 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w* high priest, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* provides \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* obeys \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* saved \w forever|strong="G0166"\w*. 
\v 10 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* made him \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w*, \w just|strong="G2596"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w*. 
\s1 Warning \w Against|strong="G2596"\w* Falling Away 
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\v 11 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w things|strong="G4183"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w hard|strong="G4183"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w explain|strong="G1421"\w* \w because|strong="G1893"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* stopped trying \w to|strong="G3004"\w* understand. 
\v 12 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* enough \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3784"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w teachers|strong="G1320"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G0746"\w* lessons \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* still \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* like \w milk|strong="G1051"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* ready \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w solid|strong="G4731"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w*. 
\v 13 \w Anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* lives \w on|strong="G1510"\w* \w milk|strong="G1051"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* still \w a|strong="G1510"\w* baby \w and|strong="G3056"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* able \w to|strong="G3956"\w* understand much \w about|strong="G3588"\w* living \w right|strong="G1343"\w*. 
\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w solid|strong="G4731"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* grown up. \w From|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* experience \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* learned \w to|strong="G4314"\w* see \w the|strong="G3588"\w* difference \w between|strong="G1223"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w*. 
\c 6  
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\v 1-2 So we should be finished with the beginning lessons about Christ. We should not have to keep going back to where we started. We began our new life by turning away from the evil we did in the past and by believing in God. That’s when we were taught about baptisms,\f + \fr 6:1-2  \fk baptisms \ft The word here may mean the baptism (brief ‘burial’ in water) of believers in Christ, or it may mean Jewish ceremonial washings.\f* laying hands on people, the resurrection of those who have died, and the final judgment. Now we need to go forward to more mature teaching. 
\v 3 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* that’s \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w allows|strong="G2010"\w*. 
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\v 4-6 After people have left the way of Christ, can you make them change their lives again? I am talking about people who once learned the truth, received God’s gift, and shared in the Holy Spirit. They were blessed to hear God’s good message and see the great power of his new world. But then they left it all behind, and it is not possible to make them change again. That’s because those who leave Christ are nailing him to the cross again, shaming him before everyone. 
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\v 7 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w like|strong="G0846"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* gets plenty \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w rain|strong="G5205"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* produces \w a|strong="G3739"\w* good crop \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* farm \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* kind \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w blessing|strong="G2129"\w*. 
\v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* like land \w that|strong="G3739"\w* grows \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w thorns|strong="G0173"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* weeds. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* worthless \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* danger \w of|strong="G1519"\w* being \w cursed|strong="G2671"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* God. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* destroyed \w by|strong="G2532"\w* fire. 
\p
\v 9 \w Dear|strong="G0027"\w* friends, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w saying|strong="G2980"\w* \w this|strong="G3779"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* think \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* happening \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w We|strong="G1487"\w* really expect \w that|strong="G3982"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w*—\w that|strong="G3982"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* good \w things|strong="G2980"\w* \w that|strong="G3982"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* result \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w*. 
\v 10 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* fair, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* remember \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G2041"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* remember \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* showed \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w love|strong="G0026"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* helping \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 11 \w We|strong="G1161"\w* want \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G1680"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* be willing \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w eager|strong="G4710"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w show|strong="G1731"\w* \w your|strong="G1161"\w* love \w like|strong="G0846"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* rest \w of|strong="G1680"\w* \w your|strong="G1161"\w* life. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G0846"\w* be sure \w to|strong="G4314"\w* get \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w*. 
\v 12 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* want \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* lazy. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* want \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* like \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w patience|strong="G3115"\w*, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G1096"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* God \w has|strong="G4102"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*. 
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\v 13 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G1861"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w promise|strong="G1861"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*. \w And|strong="G2316"\w* \w there|strong="G2596"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w so|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2192"\w* \w made|strong="G1861"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w promise|strong="G1861"\w* \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* \w oath|strong="G3660"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* name—\w an|strong="G2192"\w* \w oath|strong="G3660"\w* \w that|strong="G2316"\w* \w he|strong="G2192"\w* \w would|strong="G3762"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2192"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w*. 
\v 14 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w surely|strong="G4129"\w* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* many descendants.”\x + \xo 6:14  \xt Quote from Genesis 22:17.\x* 
\v 15 \w Abraham|strong="G2013"\w* \w waited|strong="G3114"\w* \w patiently|strong="G3114"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3779"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* happen, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* later \w he|strong="G2532"\w* received \w what|strong="G3588"\w* God \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*. 
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\v 16 \w People|strong="G0444"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* use \w the|strong="G3956"\w* name \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w someone|strong="G0444"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w themselves|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G3660"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* promise \w with|strong="G2596"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w oath|strong="G3727"\w*. \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w oath|strong="G3727"\w* proves \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* say \w is|strong="G0444"\w* true, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2596"\w* \w is|strong="G0444"\w* no \w more|strong="G3173"\w* arguing \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 17 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* prove \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* true. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* prove \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* get \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* understand clearly \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* purposes never change. \w So|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* said something \w would|strong="G0846"\w* happen, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* proved \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* said \w by|strong="G1722"\w* adding \w an|strong="G3739"\w* \w oath|strong="G3727"\w*. 
\v 18 \w These|strong="G3739"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w cannot|strong="G0102"\w* change: \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w cannot|strong="G0102"\w* \w lie|strong="G5574"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* says something, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w cannot|strong="G0102"\w* \w lie|strong="G5574"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* makes \w an|strong="G2192"\w* oath. 
\p \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* great help \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* come \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* safety. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* encourage \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w hold|strong="G2902"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* ours. 
\v 19 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* hope \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* \w anchor|strong="G0045"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w It|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* strong \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sure|strong="G0804"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* keeps \w us|strong="G1519"\w* safe. \w It|strong="G3739"\w* goes behind \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w curtain|strong="G2665"\w*.\f + \fr 6:19  \fk curtain \ft The spiritual curtain in the heavenly temple, which was symbolized by the physical one that separated the inner sanctuary (and God’s presence) from the other room in the Holy Tent and in the Jerusalem Temple. See “curtain” in the Word List. Also in 10:20.\f* 
\v 20 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* already \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w there|strong="G3699"\w* \w and|strong="G0165"\w* opened \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w He|strong="G2424"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w forever|strong="G0165"\w*, \w just|strong="G2596"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w*. 
\c 7  
\s1 The Priest Melchizedek 
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\v 1 \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w king|strong="G0935"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w Salem|strong="G4532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Most|strong="G5310"\w* \w High|strong="G5310"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w met|strong="G4876"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* coming \w back|strong="G5290"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w defeating|strong="G2871"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w kings|strong="G0935"\w*. \w That|strong="G3778"\w* day \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w* \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 2 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* gave \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w tenth|strong="G1181"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w*. 
\p \w The|strong="G3956"\w* name Melchizedek, \w king|strong="G0935"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w Salem|strong="G4532"\w*, \w has|strong="G3739"\w* two meanings. \w First|strong="G4413"\w*, Melchizedek \w means|strong="G1510"\w* “\w king|strong="G0935"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w justice|strong="G1343"\w*.” \w And|strong="G2532"\w* “\w king|strong="G0935"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w Salem|strong="G4532"\w*” \w means|strong="G1510"\w* “\w king|strong="G0935"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*.” 
\v 3 \w No|strong="G3383"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* knows \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* \w father|strong="G0540"\w* \w or|strong="G3383"\w* \w mother|strong="G0282"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w or|strong="G3383"\w* \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* came \w from|strong="G2250"\w*.\f + \fr 7:3  \fk No one … came from \ft Literally, “Melchizedek was without father, without mother, without genealogy.”\f* \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w no|strong="G3383"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* knows \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* born \w or|strong="G3383"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* died. Melchizedek \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w like|strong="G0871"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* always \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w*. 
\p
\v 4 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* Melchizedek \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* \w great|strong="G4080"\w*. \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*, \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G4080"\w* ancestor, \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G1325"\w* \w a|strong="G1325"\w* \w tenth|strong="G1181"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* everything \w he|strong="G2532"\w* won \w in|strong="G2532"\w* battle. 
\v 5 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* says \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* tribe \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Levi|strong="G3017"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w become|strong="G2192"\w* priests \w must|strong="G1510"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* tenth \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w own|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* family \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*. 
\v 6 \w Melchizedek|strong="G1075"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* tribe \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Levi, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* gave \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w tenth|strong="G1183"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G1075"\w* \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w*—\w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w promises|strong="G1860"\w*. 
\v 7 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* knows \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w more|strong="G3956"\w* important person \w always|strong="G3956"\w* blesses \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w less|strong="G1640"\w* important person. 
\p
\v 8 \w Those|strong="G1161"\w* priests \w get|strong="G2198"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w tenth|strong="G1181"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w men|strong="G0444"\w* \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G0599"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* Melchizedek, \w who|strong="G3748"\w* got \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w tenth|strong="G1181"\w* \w from|strong="G0444"\w* Abraham, continues \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Scriptures say. 
\v 9 \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* family \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Levi|strong="G3018"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* get \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w tenth|strong="G1181"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w paid|strong="G1183"\w* Melchizedek \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w tenth|strong="G1181"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w Levi|strong="G3018"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w paid|strong="G1183"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w*. 
\v 10 Levi \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w yet|strong="G2089"\w* born, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* already \w existed|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0846"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w* \w met|strong="G4876"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\p
\v 11 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* given \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3549"\w* \w under|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* system \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w from|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* tribe \w of|strong="G1223"\w* Levi. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* could \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* spiritually perfect \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* system \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w mean|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w Aaron|strong="G0002"\w*. 
\v 12 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* different kind \w of|strong="G1537"\w* priest \w comes|strong="G1096"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w must|strong="G0318"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* changed \w too|strong="G2532"\w*. 
\v 13-14 We are talking about our Lord Christ, who belonged to a different tribe. No one from that tribe ever served as a priest at the altar. It is clear that Christ came from the tribe of Judah. And Moses said nothing about priests belonging to that tribe. 
\s1 Jesus Is a Priest Like Melchizedek 
\p
\v 15 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* become \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w clearer|strong="G2612"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G1487"\w* see \w that|strong="G2596"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w has|strong="G1510"\w* \w come|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w*. 
\v 16 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* priest, \w but|strong="G0235"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w because|strong="G2596"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* met \w the|strong="G3739"\w* \w requirement|strong="G1785"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* \w born|strong="G1096"\w* \w into|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* right family. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* priest \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3739"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* end. 
\v 17 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures say \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G1519"\w*: “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G3140"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w forever|strong="G0165"\w*—\w the|strong="G3588"\w* kind \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*.”\x + \xo 7:17  \xt Quote from Psalm 110:4.\x* 
\p
\v 18 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* old rule \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* ended \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w weak|strong="G0772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* worthless. 
\v 19 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* Moses could \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w make|strong="G5048"\w* \w anything|strong="G3762"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* been given \w to|strong="G2316"\w* us. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* can \w come|strong="G1448"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\p
\v 20 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w it|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* important \w that|strong="G1096"\w* God \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* promise \w with|strong="G2596"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* \w oath|strong="G3728"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* high \w priest|strong="G2409"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* other men \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w*, \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w oath|strong="G3728"\w*. 
\v 21 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Christ|strong="G0846"\w* became \w a|strong="G3004"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w oath|strong="G3728"\w*. \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*, 
\b
\q1 “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* promise \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w oath|strong="G3728"\w* 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w change|strong="G3338"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w*: 
\q1 ‘\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w forever|strong="G0165"\w*.’” \rq Psalm 110:4\rq* 
\b
\m
\v 22 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G2532"\w* means \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w guarantee|strong="G1450"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* agreement \w from|strong="G2596"\w* God \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G5118"\w*. 
\p
\v 23 \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* other \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w continue|strong="G3887"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w*. 
\v 24 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w lives|strong="G3306"\w* \w forever|strong="G0165"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G0846"\w* never stop serving \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* priest. 
\v 25 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G0846"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w Christ|strong="G0846"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w do|strong="G1410"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w ready|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w come|strong="G4334"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\p
\v 26 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3772"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w kind|strong="G5108"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* need. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3772"\w* \w holy|strong="G3741"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* no sin \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3772"\w* pure \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* influenced \w by|strong="G0575"\w* \w sinners|strong="G0268"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3772"\w* raised \w above|strong="G5308"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w heavens|strong="G3772"\w*. 
\v 27 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w like|strong="G5618"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w priests|strong="G0749"\w*. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w first|strong="G4387"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*, \w and|strong="G2250"\w* \w then|strong="G1899"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G4160"\w* \w doesn’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w need|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*. 
\v 28 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* chooses \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priests|strong="G0749"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w men|strong="G0444"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* same \w weaknesses|strong="G0769"\w* \w that|strong="G0749"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0444"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, God \w spoke|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w oath|strong="G3728"\w* \w that|strong="G0749"\w* \w made|strong="G2525"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G0749"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w made|strong="G2525"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w* through suffering, \w will|strong="G0444"\w* \w serve|strong="G2192"\w* \w forever|strong="G0165"\w*. 
\c 8  
\s1 Jesus Our High Priest 
\p
\v 1 \w Here|strong="G1722"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w point|strong="G2774"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*: \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w sits|strong="G2523"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* side\f + \fr 8:1  \fk right side \ft The place of honor and authority (power).\f* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* God’s \w throne|strong="G2362"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. 
\v 2 \w Our|strong="G2532"\w* high priest serves \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Most|strong="G0040"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Place|strong="G0040"\w*.\f + \fr 8:2  \fk Most Holy Place \ft Literally, “holies” for “holy of holies,” the spiritual place where God lives and is worshiped.\f* \w He|strong="G2532"\w* serves \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G0228"\w* \w place|strong="G0040"\w* \w of|strong="G2962"\w* worship\f + \fr 8:2  \fk place of worship \ft Literally, “Tabernacle” or “tent.”\f* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* made \w by|strong="G0444"\w* God, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w by|strong="G0444"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* here \w on|strong="G2962"\w* earth. 
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\v 3 \w Every|strong="G3956"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* work \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w offering|strong="G1435"\w* \w gifts|strong="G1435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* God. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* God. 
\v 4 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w our|strong="G2596"\w* high \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G3767"\w* living \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w he|strong="G1510"\w* \w would|strong="G0302"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w*. \w I|strong="G1487"\w* say \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* already \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* follow \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w offering|strong="G1435"\w* \w gifts|strong="G1435"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* God. 
\v 5 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* work \w that|strong="G3748"\w* \w these|strong="G3748"\w* priests \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* really \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w copy|strong="G5262"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w shadow|strong="G4639"\w* \w of|strong="G3956"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G2032"\w*. \w That|strong="G3748"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w why|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G4160"\w* \w warned|strong="G5537"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w ready|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* build \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Holy \w Tent|strong="G4633"\w*: “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* sure \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* exactly \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w pattern|strong="G5179"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w showed|strong="G1166"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w*.”\x + \xo 8:5  \xt Quote from Exodus 25:40.\x* 
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* work \w that|strong="G3748"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* given \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w much|strong="G3745"\w* \w greater|strong="G2909"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* work \w that|strong="G3748"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* given \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w those|strong="G3745"\w* priests. \w In|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* way, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* new agreement \w that|strong="G3748"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* brought \w from|strong="G2532"\w* God \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w much|strong="G3745"\w* \w greater|strong="G2909"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* old \w one|strong="G3748"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* new agreement \w is|strong="G1510"\w* based \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w promises|strong="G1860"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* wrong \w with|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* agreement, \w then|strong="G1063"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w would|strong="G0302"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* need \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* agreement. 
\v 8 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* found \w something|strong="G3708"\w* wrong \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w is|strong="G2962"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w*, \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, 
\q2 \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* agreement 
\q2 \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Judah|strong="G2455"\w*. 
\q1
\v 9 \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2962"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* agreement 
\q2 \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*. 
\q1 \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* agreement \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w took|strong="G1949"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w* 
\q2 \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Egypt|strong="G0125"\w*. 
\q1 \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w continue|strong="G1696"\w* \w following|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* agreement \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w gave|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G3962"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* turned \w away|strong="G1806"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*, \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. 
\q1
\v 10 \w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* new agreement \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w*. 
\q2 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G1325"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* agreement \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* future, \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*: 
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w put|strong="G1325"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w minds|strong="G1271"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w write|strong="G1924"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*. 
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. 
\q1
\v 11 \w Never|strong="G3756"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* neighbors 
\q2 \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* family \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. 
\q2 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*—\w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w greatest|strong="G3173"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w least|strong="G3398"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w*—\w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\q1
\v 12 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* forgive \w the|strong="G3588"\w* wrongs \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* done, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w remember|strong="G3403"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*.” \rq Jeremiah 31:31-34\rq* 
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\v 13 \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* agreement, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* agreement \w old|strong="G1095"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* anything \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w old|strong="G1095"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* useless \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w ready|strong="G1451"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w disappear|strong="G0854"\w*. 
\c 9  
\s1 Worship Under the Old Agreement 
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\v 1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* agreement \w had|strong="G2192"\w* rules \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w worship|strong="G2999"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w place|strong="G0040"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w worship|strong="G2999"\w* here \w on|strong="G3767"\w* earth. 
\v 2 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G0040"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* area \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Place|strong="G0040"\w*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Place|strong="G0040"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* lamp \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w table|strong="G5132"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* special \w bread|strong="G0740"\w* offered \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*. 
\v 3 \w Behind|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w curtain|strong="G2665"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G3004"\w* room \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Most|strong="G0040"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Place|strong="G0040"\w*. 
\v 4 \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Most Holy \w Place|strong="G1722"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w golden|strong="G5552"\w* \w altar|strong="G2369"\w* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* burning \w incense|strong="G2369"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Box \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Agreement. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Box \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w covered|strong="G4028"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w gold|strong="G5553"\w*. \w Inside|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* Box \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w golden|strong="G5552"\w* \w jar|strong="G4713"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w manna|strong="G3131"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Aaron’s|strong="G0002"\w* \w rod|strong="G4464"\w*—\w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w rod|strong="G4464"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* once grew leaves. \w Also|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Box \w were|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* flat stones \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Ten Commandments \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* old agreement \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*. 
\v 5 \w Above|strong="G5231"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Box \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Cherub angels \w that|strong="G3739"\w* showed \w God’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*. \w These|strong="G3739"\w* Cherub angels \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w over|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G3313"\w* \w of|strong="G1391"\w* \w mercy|strong="G2435"\w*.\f + \fr 9:5  \fk place of mercy \ft Or “mercy seat,” a place on top of the “Box of the Agreement,” where the high priest put the blood of an animal once a year to pay for the sins of the people.\f* \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* everything \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*. 
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\v 6 \w Everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* made ready \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G3956"\w* explained. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w went|strong="G1524"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* room \w every|strong="G3956"\w* day \w to|strong="G1519"\w* do \w their|strong="G3956"\w* \w worship|strong="G2999"\w* duties. 
\v 7 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* could go \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* room, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* went \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w once|strong="G0530"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w*. \w Also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* could \w never|strong="G3756"\w* enter \w that|strong="G3739"\w* room \w without|strong="G5565"\w* taking \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* God \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sins|strong="G0051"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* committed \w without|strong="G5565"\w* knowing \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G2992"\w* sinning. 
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\v 8 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* uses \w those|strong="G3588"\w* two separate rooms \w to|strong="G3778"\w* teach us \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* into \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Most|strong="G0040"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Place|strong="G0040"\w*\f + \fr 9:8  \fk Most Holy Place \ft Literally, “holies” for “holy of holies,” the spiritual place where God lives and is worshiped. Also in verses 12, 24.\f* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3778"\w* open \w while|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* room \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* there. 
\v 9 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* example \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* today. \w It|strong="G3739"\w* shows \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w gifts|strong="G1435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* priests \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* God \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G5048"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w consciences|strong="G4893"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w worshipers|strong="G3000"\w* \w completely|strong="G5048"\w* clear. 
\v 10 These gifts \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sacrifices \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w food|strong="G1033"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4188"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* special \w washings|strong="G0909"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3440"\w* rules \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w*. God gave \w them|strong="G1909"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w people|strong="G4561"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* follow \w until|strong="G3360"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* new way. 
\s1 Worship \w Under|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* New Agreement 
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\v 11 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* already \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* serve \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* like \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w priests|strong="G0749"\w* served \w in|strong="G2532"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* serves \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* better \w place|strong="G1096"\w*. Unlike \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w*, \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w one|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5046"\w*. \w It|strong="G1223"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* anyone \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* earth. \w It|strong="G1223"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* world. 
\v 12 Christ \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Most|strong="G0040"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Place|strong="G0040"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2178"\w*—enough \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2178"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Most|strong="G0040"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Place|strong="G0040"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* using \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w*, \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w goats|strong="G5131"\w* \w or|strong="G3761"\w* young bulls. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* made \w us|strong="G1519"\w* free \w from|strong="G2532"\w* sin \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*. 
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\v 13 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w of|strong="G0129"\w* \w goats|strong="G5131"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bulls|strong="G5022"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w ashes|strong="G4700"\w* \w of|strong="G0129"\w* \w a|strong="G1487"\w* cow \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="G4472"\w* \w on|strong="G0129"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G1487"\w* longer pure enough \w to|strong="G4314"\w* enter \w the|strong="G3588"\w* place \w of|strong="G0129"\w* worship. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w ashes|strong="G4700"\w* \w made|strong="G2840"\w* them pure \w again|strong="G2532"\w*—\w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G1487"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* bodies. 
\v 14 \w So|strong="G1519"\w* surely \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* sacrifice \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* can \w do|strong="G2041"\w* \w much|strong="G4214"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w*. \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w eternal|strong="G0166"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*\f + \fr 9:14  \fk Spirit \ft Probably the Holy Spirit. See “Holy Spirit” in the Word List.\f* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* perfect sacrifice \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w His|strong="G1223"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w make|strong="G2511"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w completely|strong="G1519"\w* \w clean|strong="G2511"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w done|strong="G2041"\w*. \w It|strong="G1223"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* give \w us|strong="G1519"\w* clear \w consciences|strong="G4893"\w* \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* can \w worship|strong="G3000"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
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\v 15 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* Christ \w brings|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* agreement \w from|strong="G2532"\w* God \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w brings|strong="G1510"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* agreement \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3704"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* chosen \w by|strong="G1223"\w* God can \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* blessings God \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*, blessings \w that|strong="G3704"\w* \w last|strong="G3778"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*. \w This|strong="G3778"\w* can \w happen|strong="G1096"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* Christ \w died|strong="G2288"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* free \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* sins committed \w against|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* commands \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* agreement. 
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\v 16 When someone dies \w and|strong="G2288"\w* leaves \w a|strong="G5342"\w* will, \w there|strong="G3699"\w* \w must|strong="G0318"\w* be proof \w that|strong="G1242"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* wrote \w the|strong="G3588"\w* will \w is|strong="G3588"\w* dead. 
\v 17 \w A|strong="G1909"\w* \w will|strong="G3498"\w* \w means|strong="G2480"\w* nothing \w while|strong="G3753"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* wrote \w it|strong="G1909"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* still \w living|strong="G2198"\w*. \w It|strong="G1909"\w* \w can|strong="G2480"\w* be used only \w after|strong="G3753"\w* \w that|strong="G2198"\w* person’s \w death|strong="G3498"\w*. 
\v 18 That \w is|strong="G3588"\w* why \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* needed \w to|strong="G4413"\w* begin \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* agreement between God \w and|strong="G4413"\w* \w his|strong="G3761"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. 
\v 19 First, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w command|strong="G1785"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* young bulls \w and|strong="G2532"\w* mixed \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* used red \w wool|strong="G2053"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* branch \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w hyssop|strong="G5301"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* sprinkle \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w on|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w book|strong="G0975"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G2596"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*. 
\v 20 \w Then|strong="G3004"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* makes \w the|strong="G3588"\w* agreement good—\w the|strong="G3588"\w* agreement \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1781"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* follow.”\x + \xo 9:20  \xt Quote from Exodus 24:8.\x* 
\v 21 \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w same|strong="G3668"\w* \w way|strong="G3668"\w*, Moses \w sprinkled|strong="G4472"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* Holy \w Tent|strong="G4633"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="G4472"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* over \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* used \w in|strong="G2532"\w* worship. 
\v 22 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* says \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w almost|strong="G4975"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w clean|strong="G2511"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w*. Sins \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* forgiven \w without|strong="G5565"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* sacrifice. 
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* Christ \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Our|strong="G2532"\w* Sacrifice \w for|strong="G1722"\w* Sin 
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\v 23 \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w copies|strong="G5262"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* real \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w copies|strong="G5262"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w be|strong="G3767"\w* made \w clean|strong="G2511"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* animal \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* real \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w must|strong="G0318"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w* much \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w*. 
\v 24 \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Most|strong="G5228"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Place|strong="G0040"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* man-made \w one|strong="G3588"\w*, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G1525"\w* \w copy|strong="G0499"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* real \w one|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* there \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w before|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. 
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\v 25 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w enters|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Most|strong="G0040"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Place|strong="G0040"\w* once \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w*. \w He|strong="G1722"\w* takes \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G1722"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w*. \w But|strong="G1438"\w* \w he|strong="G1722"\w* \w does|strong="G3761"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w like|strong="G5618"\w* Christ \w did|strong="G1525"\w*. Christ \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* heaven, \w but|strong="G1438"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w many|strong="G4178"\w* \w times|strong="G4178"\w* \w like|strong="G5618"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* \w offers|strong="G4374"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w again|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G0749"\w* \w again|strong="G1519"\w*. 
\v 26 If \w Christ|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G1163"\w* offered \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w many|strong="G4178"\w* \w times|strong="G4178"\w*, \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G1163"\w* \w needed|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w many|strong="G4178"\w* \w times|strong="G4178"\w* \w since|strong="G1893"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G0165"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G5319"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w came|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* offer \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* only \w once|strong="G0530"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w once|strong="G0530"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* enough \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G0165"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w came|strong="G1223"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w time|strong="G0165"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* nearing \w an|strong="G1161"\w* \w end|strong="G4930"\w*. \w He|strong="G0846"\w* \w came|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* take \w away|strong="G0575"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* offering \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w*. 
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\v 27 \w Everyone|strong="G3745"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w die|strong="G0599"\w* \w once|strong="G0530"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* judged. 
\v 28 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* sacrifice \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* take away \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w come|strong="G1537"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w himself|strong="G0846"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w come|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G4374"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w waiting|strong="G0553"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\c 10  
\s1 Jesus Christ—the Only Sacrifice We Need 
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\v 1 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* gave \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* unclear picture \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G0018"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w coming|strong="G4334"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w future|strong="G3195"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w* picture \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* real \w things|strong="G3739"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* tells \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w come|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* worship \w God|strong="G0846"\w* continue \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w*. \w But|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w make|strong="G5048"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w*. 
\v 2 \w If|strong="G0302"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law \w could|strong="G2192"\w* \w make|strong="G2511"\w* \w people|strong="G4374"\w* perfect, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* sacrifices \w would|strong="G0302"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* already \w stopped|strong="G3973"\w*. \w They|strong="G2192"\w* \w would|strong="G0302"\w* already \w be|strong="G2089"\w* \w clean|strong="G2511"\w* \w from|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G1223"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*, \w and|strong="G0266"\w* \w they|strong="G2192"\w* \w would|strong="G0302"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* feel guilty. 
\v 3 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* that’s \w not|strong="G0235"\w* \w what|strong="G0235"\w* happens. \w Their|strong="G0846"\w* sacrifices make \w them|strong="G0846"\w* remember \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w*, 
\v 4 \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* possible \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w of|strong="G0129"\w* \w bulls|strong="G5022"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w goats|strong="G5131"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G0851"\w* \w away|strong="G0851"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*. 
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\v 5 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* Christ \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w You|strong="G3004"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w offerings|strong="G4376"\w*, 
\q2 \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2675"\w* \w a|strong="G1525"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*. 
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\v 6 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2106"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sacrifices \w of|strong="G4012"\w* animals killed \w and|strong="G2532"\w* burned 
\q2 \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w offerings|strong="G3646"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2106"\w* away \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, ‘\w Here|strong="G2400"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\q2 \w It|strong="G4160"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w book|strong="G0975"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* law. 
\q2 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2240"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2307"\w*.’” \rq Psalm 40:6-8\rq* 
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\v 8 Christ first \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w want|strong="G2309"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w offerings|strong="G4376"\w*. \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2106"\w* \w with|strong="G2596"\w* animals killed \w and|strong="G2532"\w* burned \w or|strong="G3761"\w* \w with|strong="G2596"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w take|strong="G2106"\w* away \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*.” (\w These|strong="G3748"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3761"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* commands.) 
\v 9 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \w he|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Here|strong="G2400"\w* \w I|strong="G3004"\w* am, \w God|strong="G3004"\w*. \w I|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G4160"\w* \w come|strong="G2240"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2307"\w*.” \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* ends \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* system \w of|strong="G2307"\w* sacrifices \w and|strong="G2476"\w* starts \w his|strong="G4160"\w* new way. 
\v 10 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* God wanted \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w*. \w And|strong="G2424"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* made \w holy|strong="G0037"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G4376"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Christ’s|strong="G5547"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w*. \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* made \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G4376"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w time|strong="G2178"\w*—enough \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G2178"\w*. 
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\v 11 \w Every|strong="G3956"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w stand|strong="G2476"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1410"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* religious service. \w Again|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w*, \w which|strong="G3748"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* \w take|strong="G4014"\w* \w away|strong="G4014"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*. 
\v 12 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Christ|strong="G1520"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* only \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* good \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1336"\w*. \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* side \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\v 13 \w And|strong="G0846"\w* \w now|strong="G0846"\w* \w Christ|strong="G0846"\w* \w waits|strong="G1551"\w* there \w for|strong="G1551"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* \w to|strong="G2193"\w* \w be|strong="G2190"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* under \w his|strong="G0846"\w* power.\f + \fr 10:13  \fk to be put under his power \ft Literally, “to be made a footstool for his feet.”\f* 
\v 14 \w With|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G4376"\w* \w Christ|strong="G1520"\w* \w made|strong="G5048"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*. They \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* being \w made|strong="G5048"\w* \w holy|strong="G0037"\w*. 
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\v 15 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* tells \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*. First \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, 
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\v 16 “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* agreement\f + \fr 10:16  \fk agreement \ft The new and better agreement that God has given to his people through Jesus. See “agreement” in the Word List.\f* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w make|strong="G1303"\w* 
\q2 \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* future, \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. 
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w put|strong="G1325"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w*. 
\q2 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w write|strong="G1924"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w minds|strong="G1271"\w*.” \rq Jeremiah 31:33\rq* 
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\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* says, 
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\q1 “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* forget \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w* 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w again|strong="G2089"\w* \w remember|strong="G3403"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* evil \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* done.” \rq Jeremiah 31:34\rq* 
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\v 18 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* everything \w is|strong="G3778"\w* forgiven, \w there|strong="G3699"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w* need \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G4376"\w* \w to|strong="G3778"\w* pay \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*. 
\s1 Come Near \w to|strong="G3778"\w* God 
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\v 19 \w And|strong="G2424"\w* \w so|strong="G3767"\w*, \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2424"\w* sisters, \w we|strong="G2192"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w completely|strong="G1519"\w* free \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1529"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Most|strong="G0040"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Place|strong="G0040"\w*.\f + \fr 10:19  \fk Most Holy Place \ft Literally, “holies” for “holy of holies,” the spiritual place where God lives and is worshiped.\f* \w We|strong="G2192"\w* can \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* without fear \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G0129"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* sacrifice \w of|strong="G0129"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. 
\v 20 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* enter \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w new|strong="G4372"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* opened \w for|strong="G1223"\w* us. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* leads \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w curtain|strong="G2665"\w*—\w Christ’s|strong="G0846"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w*. 
\v 21 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* rules \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\v 22 \w Sprinkled|strong="G4472"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* blood \w of|strong="G0575"\w* Christ, \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* made free \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* guilty \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w washed|strong="G3068"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w pure|strong="G2513"\w* water. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G4334"\w* \w near|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* God \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w sincere|strong="G0228"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*, \w full|strong="G4136"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* confidence \w because|strong="G0575"\w* \w of|strong="G0575"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Christ. 
\v 23 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w hold|strong="G2722"\w* \w on|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w*, never hesitating \w to|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* can trust \w God|strong="G1861"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w*. 
\s1 Help Each Other \w Be|strong="G2532"\w* Strong 
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\v 24 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* think \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G0240"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* see \w how|strong="G2657"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* can encourage \w each|strong="G0240"\w* \w other|strong="G0240"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* show \w love|strong="G0026"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w*. 
\v 25 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G0235"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* quit meeting \w together|strong="G1997"\w*, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* doing. \w No|strong="G3361"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* need \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w on|strong="G0991"\w* \w encouraging|strong="G3870"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* becomes \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* important \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G0991"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Day|strong="G2250"\w* getting closer. 
\s1 \w Don’t|strong="G3361"\w* Turn Away \w From|strong="G3361"\w* God’s Son 
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\v 26 If \w we|strong="G2249"\w* decide \w to|strong="G3326"\w* continue \w sinning|strong="G0264"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* learned \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w truth|strong="G0225"\w*, \w then|strong="G1063"\w* there \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* other \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w that|strong="G3326"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*. 
\v 27 \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* sinning, \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G5100"\w* left \w for|strong="G2532"\w* us \w is|strong="G5100"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fearful|strong="G5398"\w* time \w of|strong="G5100"\w* waiting \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2920"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* angry \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* destroy \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* live against God. 
\v 28 Whoever refused \w to|strong="G1909"\w* obey \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w Law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G3475"\w* found guilty \w from|strong="G2228"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* testimony given \w by|strong="G1909"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w*. \w Such|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w were|strong="G5100"\w* \w not|strong="G3144"\w* forgiven. \w They|strong="G5100"\w* \w were|strong="G5100"\w* killed. 
\v 29 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \w how|strong="G4214"\w* \w much|strong="G4214"\w* more \w punishment|strong="G5098"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w deserve|strong="G0515"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* show \w their|strong="G2532"\w* hate \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*—\w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* show \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* no respect \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* sacrifice \w that|strong="G3739"\w* began \w the|strong="G3588"\w* new agreement \w and|strong="G2532"\w* once made \w them|strong="G1722"\w* \w holy|strong="G0037"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* insult \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*. 
\v 30 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w punish|strong="G1557"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* wrongs \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w do|strong="G2919"\w*; \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w repay|strong="G0467"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*.”\x + \xo 10:30  \xt Quote from Deuteronomy 32:35.\x* \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.”\x + \xo 10:30  \xt Quote from Deuteronomy 32:36.\x* 
\v 31 \w It|strong="G1519"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G2316"\w* \w terrible|strong="G5398"\w* \w thing|strong="G5398"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* face punishment \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
\s1 Keep \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Courage  //  \w and|strong="G2316"\w* Patience \w You|strong="G1519"\w* \w Had|strong="G2316"\w* 
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\v 32 \w Remember|strong="G0363"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w first|strong="G4387"\w* learned \w the|strong="G3588"\w* truth. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w hard|strong="G4183"\w* struggle \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w suffering|strong="G3804"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* continued strong. 
\v 33 Sometimes \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w said|strong="G1096"\w* hateful \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3779"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* mistreated \w you|strong="G3779"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w public|strong="G2301"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* sometimes \w you|strong="G3779"\w* helped \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3778"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* \w treated|strong="G0390"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w same|strong="G3779"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w*. 
\v 34 \w Yes|strong="G1063"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* helped \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* prison \w and|strong="G2532"\w* shared \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* suffering. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* still happy \w when|strong="G2532"\w* everything \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w owned|strong="G2192"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* taken \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* continued \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* happy, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G1097"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* something much \w better|strong="G2909"\w*—something \w that|strong="G1097"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w continue|strong="G3306"\w* forever. 
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\v 35 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* lose \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w courage|strong="G3954"\w* \w that|strong="G3748"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w in|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* past. \w Your|strong="G2192"\w* \w courage|strong="G3954"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w be|strong="G3767"\w* rewarded richly. 
\v 36 \w You|strong="G4160"\w* \w must|strong="G4160"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w patient|strong="G5281"\w*. \w After|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G4160"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w*, \w you|strong="G4160"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G4160"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w you|strong="G4160"\w*. 
\v 37 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* says, 
\b
\q1 “\w Very|strong="G2532"\w* soon \w now|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w* 
\q2 \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* late. 
\q1
\v 38 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w person|strong="G5590"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1342"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* 
\q2 \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* trusting \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. 
\q1 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2106"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* 
\q2 \w who|strong="G3588"\w* turns \w back|strong="G5288"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* fear.” \rq Habakkuk 2:3-4 (Greek version)\rq* 
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\v 39 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w those|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3756"\w* \w turn|strong="G1510"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* lost. \w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w who|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* saved. 
\c 11  
\s1 Faith 
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\v 1 \w Faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G1161"\w* makes real \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G4229"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w hope|strong="G1679"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w*. \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w proof|strong="G4102"\w* \w of|strong="G1510"\w* \w what|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G0991"\w*. 
\v 2 God \w was|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* lived \w a|strong="G1722"\w* long time ago \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3778"\w* \w had|strong="G3778"\w* faith like \w this|strong="G3778"\w*. 
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\v 3 \w Faith|strong="G4102"\w* helps \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w understand|strong="G3539"\w* \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* created \w the|strong="G3588"\w* whole \w world|strong="G0165"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w command|strong="G4487"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w means|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G4487"\w* \w we|strong="G3588"\w* \w see|strong="G0991"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* something \w that|strong="G1096"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w seen|strong="G0991"\w*. 
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\v 4 \w Cain|strong="G2535"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Abel|strong="G0006"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w Abel|strong="G0006"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w better|strong="G4183"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w Abel|strong="G0006"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w called|strong="G3739"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G1510"\w* \w man|strong="G1342"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w Abel|strong="G0006"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w*. 
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\v 5 \w Enoch|strong="G1802"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* carried away \w from|strong="G3361"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* earth, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w*. \w The|strong="G3588"\w* Scriptures tell \w us|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3708"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* carried off, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2100"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. Later, \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* knew where \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w taken|strong="G3331"\w* \w Enoch|strong="G1802"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. 
\v 6 \w Without|strong="G5565"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w no|strong="G0102"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* can \w please|strong="G2100"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w Whoever|strong="G3748"\w* \w comes|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* real \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* rewards \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* sincerely try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* find \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
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\v 7 \w Noah|strong="G3575"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w warned|strong="G5537"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G0991"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w respect|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w built|strong="G2680"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* large boat \w to|strong="G1519"\w* save \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w family|strong="G3624"\w*. \w With|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w Noah|strong="G3575"\w* showed \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* wrong. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w right|strong="G1519"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. 
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\v 8 God \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* travel \w to|strong="G1519"\w* another \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* promised \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w give|strong="G2064"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*. \w Abraham|strong="G0011"\w* \w did|strong="G2064"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w obeyed|strong="G5219"\w* God \w and|strong="G2532"\w* started traveling because \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. 
\v 9 \w Abraham|strong="G0846"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w country|strong="G1093"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* give \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w there|strong="G1722"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w visitor|strong="G3939"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* did \w not|strong="G2532"\w* belong. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* did \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w tents|strong="G4633"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* received \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w from|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 10 Abraham \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w waiting|strong="G1551"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*\f + \fr 11:10  \fk city \ft The spiritual “city” where God’s people live with him. Also called “the heavenly Jerusalem.” See Heb. 12:22.\f* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* real \w foundations|strong="G2310"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w waiting|strong="G1551"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* planned \w and|strong="G2532"\w* built \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
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\v 11 \w Sarah|strong="G4564"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G4690"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* old. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*, trusting \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2983"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w made|strong="G1861"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G4690"\w*. 
\v 12 Abraham \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* old \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* almost \w dead|strong="G3499"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* came \w as|strong="G5613"\w* many descendants \w as|strong="G5613"\w* there \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w stars|strong="G0798"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* many \w people|strong="G4128"\w* came \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* grains \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w sand|strong="G0285"\w* \w on|strong="G0575"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w seashore|strong="G2281"\w*. 
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\v 13 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* continued living \w with|strong="G1909"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w until|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w died|strong="G0599"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* get \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* happy \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w promises|strong="G1860"\w* coming \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* future. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w accepted|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w fact|strong="G3754"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* visitors \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w strangers|strong="G3581"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*. 
\v 14 \w When|strong="G3004"\w* \w people|strong="G5108"\w* accept something \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w they|strong="G3754"\w* show \w they|strong="G3754"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* waiting \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G5108"\w* \w country|strong="G3968"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* be \w their|strong="G3754"\w* \w own|strong="G3968"\w*. 
\v 15 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* \w thinking|strong="G3421"\w* \w about|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* country \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w left|strong="G0575"\w*, \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w could|strong="G2192"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* gone back. 
\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* waiting \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* country—\w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w heavenly|strong="G2032"\w* country. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w ashamed|strong="G1870"\w* \w to|strong="G0846"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G1941"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2090"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
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\v 17-18 God tested Abraham’s faith. God told him to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. Abraham obeyed because he had faith. He already had the promises from God. And God had already said to him, “It is through Isaac that your descendants will come.”\x + \xo 11:17-18  \xt Quote from Genesis 21:12.\x* But Abraham was ready to offer his only son. He did this because he had faith. 
\v 19 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* believed \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w could|strong="G1415"\w* \w raise|strong="G1453"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* really, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* stopped \w Abraham|strong="G0846"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* killing Isaac, \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w got|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w back|strong="G2865"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w*. 
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\v 20 \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w future|strong="G3195"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Esau|strong="G2269"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* did \w that|strong="G4012"\w* \w because|strong="G4012"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. 
\v 21 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Joseph’s|strong="G2501"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* did \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w while|strong="G0846"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w dying|strong="G0599"\w*, leaning \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w rod|strong="G4464"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w worshiping|strong="G4352"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*. 
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\v 22 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* almost dead, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* spoke \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* leaving Egypt. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* told \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* body. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1781"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G4012"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. 
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\v 23 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* mother \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G1080"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w hid|strong="G2928"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w for|strong="G1360"\w* \w three|strong="G5150"\w* \w months|strong="G5150"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G3708"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1360"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3708"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G3708"\w* \w beautiful|strong="G0791"\w* baby. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* disobey \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w king’s|strong="G0935"\w* order. 
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\v 24-25 Moses grew up and became a man. He refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose not to enjoy the pleasures of sin that last such a short time. Instead, he chose to suffer with God’s people. He did this because he had faith. 
\v 26 He \w thought|strong="G2233"\w* \w it|strong="G2233"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* better \w to|strong="G1519"\w* suffer \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G5547"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w treasures|strong="G2344"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w Egypt|strong="G0125"\w*. He \w was|strong="G3588"\w* waiting \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w reward|strong="G3405"\w* \w that|strong="G5547"\w* God \w would|strong="G5547"\w* give \w him|strong="G2233"\w*. 
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\v 27 \w Moses|strong="G3708"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* \w Egypt|strong="G0125"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G5613"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w He|strong="G5613"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G0935"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w king’s|strong="G0935"\w* \w anger|strong="G2372"\w*. \w He|strong="G5613"\w* continued strong \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G5613"\w* \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* God \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* can \w see|strong="G3708"\w*. 
\v 28 \w Moses|strong="G0846"\w* prepared \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* spread \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w on|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* doorways \w of|strong="G0129"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G0846"\w* \w of|strong="G0129"\w* \w Israel|strong="G0846"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* angel \w of|strong="G0129"\w* \w death|strong="G0129"\w*\f + \fr 11:28  \fk angel of death \ft Literally, “the destroyer.” To punish the Egyptians, God sent an angel to kill the oldest son in each home. See Exodus 12:29-32.\f* \w would|strong="G0846"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* kill \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w firstborn|strong="G4416"\w* sons. \w Moses|strong="G0846"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G0846"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. 
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\v 29 \w And|strong="G1093"\w* God’s \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* walked \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Red|strong="G2063"\w* \w Sea|strong="G2281"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* \w dry|strong="G3584"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* able \w to|strong="G1093"\w* \w do|strong="G2983"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w But|strong="G3739"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Egyptians|strong="G0124"\w* \w tried|strong="G3984"\w* \w to|strong="G1093"\w* follow \w them|strong="G3739"\w*, \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* \w drowned|strong="G2666"\w*. 
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\v 30 \w And|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w walls|strong="G5038"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Jericho|strong="G2410"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* God’s \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G2250"\w* marched \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w walls|strong="G5038"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*, \w and|strong="G2250"\w* then \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w walls|strong="G5038"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w*. 
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\v 31 \w And|strong="G4102"\w* \w Rahab|strong="G4460"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prostitute|strong="G4204"\w*, \w welcomed|strong="G1209"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Israelite \w spies|strong="G2685"\w* like friends. \w And|strong="G4102"\w* because \w of|strong="G3588"\w* her \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, she \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* killed \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G3326"\w* \w obey|strong="G0544"\w*. 
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\v 32 \w Do|strong="G3004"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* need \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w give|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w* examples? \w I|strong="G1473"\w* don’t \w have|strong="G2532"\w* enough \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Gideon|strong="G1066"\w*, \w Barak|strong="G0913"\w*, \w Samson|strong="G4546"\w*, \w Jephthah|strong="G2422"\w*, \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \w Samuel|strong="G4545"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*. 
\v 33 All \w of|strong="G0932"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* great \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w And|strong="G4102"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* defeated \w kingdoms|strong="G0932"\w*. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* did \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w*, \w and|strong="G4102"\w* God helped \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \w in|strong="G4102"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* ways \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*. \w With|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* people \w closed|strong="G5420"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w mouths|strong="G4750"\w* \w of|strong="G0932"\w* \w lions|strong="G3023"\w*. 
\v 34 \w And|strong="G1411"\w* \w some|strong="G0575"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* able \w to|strong="G1722"\w* stop blazing fires. \w Others|strong="G0245"\w* \w escaped|strong="G5343"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* killed \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w swords|strong="G3162"\w*. \w Some|strong="G0575"\w* who \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w weak|strong="G0769"\w* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w strong|strong="G2478"\w*. \w They|strong="G1722"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w powerful|strong="G2478"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w battle|strong="G4171"\w* \w and|strong="G1411"\w* defeated \w other|strong="G0245"\w* \w armies|strong="G3925"\w*. 
\v 35 \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G0243"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* lost loved ones \w but|strong="G1161"\w* got \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w back|strong="G2983"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G0243"\w* raised \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w*. \w Others|strong="G0243"\w* \w were|strong="G0243"\w* \w tortured|strong="G5178"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w accept|strong="G2983"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* freedom. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* did \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* could \w be|strong="G3756"\w* raised \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* life. 
\v 36 Some \w were|strong="G2532"\w* laughed \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* beaten. \w Others|strong="G2087"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* tied up \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2983"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*. 
\v 37 \w They|strong="G1722"\w* were killed \w with|strong="G1722"\w* stones. \w They|strong="G1722"\w* were cut \w in|strong="G1722"\w* half. \w They|strong="G1722"\w* were killed \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w swords|strong="G3162"\w*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* only clothes some \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w* \w had|strong="G1722"\w* were \w sheepskins|strong="G3374"\w* or goatskins. \w They|strong="G1722"\w* were poor, persecuted, \w and|strong="G3162"\w* treated badly \w by|strong="G1722"\w* others. 
\v 38 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w good|strong="G1510"\w* enough \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w great|strong="G3756"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w*. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* wander \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w deserts|strong="G2047"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mountains|strong="G3735"\w*, living \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w caves|strong="G4693"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w holes|strong="G3692"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*. 
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\v 39 God \w was|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G1223"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3778"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G1223"\w* \w received|strong="G2865"\w* God’s \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w*. 
\v 40 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* planned \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w us|strong="G4012"\w*. \w He|strong="G5100"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w make|strong="G5048"\w* \w us|strong="G4012"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w*. \w Of|strong="G2316"\w* course, \w he|strong="G5100"\w* wanted \w those|strong="G3588"\w* great \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G5048"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w* too, \w but|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* enjoy \w that|strong="G2443"\w* blessing together. 
\c 12  
\s1 We Also Should Follow Jesus’ Example 
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\v 1 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w great|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* around us \w as|strong="G2532"\w* examples. \w Their|strong="G2532"\w* lives tell us \w what|strong="G3588"\w* faith \w means|strong="G1223"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w*, \w too|strong="G2532"\w*, \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w run|strong="G5143"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w race|strong="G0073"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G4295"\w* us \w and|strong="G2532"\w* never quit. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* remove \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* lives \w anything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* slow us down \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w* \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* often makes us fall. 
\v 2 \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w must|strong="G2706"\w* never stop looking \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* leader \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* makes \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* complete. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* suffered death \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* accepted \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w shame|strong="G0152"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w were|strong="G3739"\w* nothing \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* could \w see|strong="G0872"\w* waiting \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2523"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w right|strong="G1188"\w* side \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w throne|strong="G2362"\w*. 
\v 3 \w Think|strong="G0357"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* Jesus. He \w patiently|strong="G5278"\w* \w endured|strong="G5278"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* angry insults \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w sinful|strong="G0268"\w* \w people|strong="G5590"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* shouting \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G2443"\w*. \w Think|strong="G0357"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G2443"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w won’t|strong="G3361"\w* get discouraged \w and|strong="G5590"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* trying. 
\s1 God \w Is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Like|strong="G5108"\w* \w a|strong="G5108"\w* Father 
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\v 4 You \w are|strong="G3588"\w* struggling \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \w sin|strong="G0266"\w*, but you \w have|strong="G0266"\w* \w not|strong="G3768"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* give up \w your|strong="G3588"\w* life \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* cause. 
\v 5 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* children \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* speaks \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w comfort|strong="G3874"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w forgotten|strong="G1585"\w* \w these|strong="G3748"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w*: 
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\q1 “\w My|strong="G5259"\w* child, \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* think \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Lord’s|strong="G2962"\w* \w discipline|strong="G3809"\w* \w is|strong="G2962"\w* worth \w nothing|strong="G3361"\w*, 
\q2 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* trying \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w corrects|strong="G1651"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
\q1
\v 6 \w The|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w disciplines|strong="G3811"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w loves|strong="G0025"\w*; 
\q2 \w he|strong="G3739"\w* punishes \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* accepts \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G3739"\w* child.” \rq Proverbs 3:11-12\rq* 
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\v 7 \w So|strong="G1519"\w* accept sufferings \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w father’s|strong="G3962"\w* \w discipline|strong="G3809"\w*. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w correcting|strong="G3811"\w* \w his|strong="G3739"\w* children. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* know \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* children \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w disciplined|strong="G3811"\w* \w by|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G3739"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w*. 
\v 8 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* receive \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w discipline|strong="G3809"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* child \w must|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* true \w children|strong="G3541"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* really \w belong|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* God. 
\v 9 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* here \w on|strong="G2198"\w* \w earth|strong="G4561"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* corrected us \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w discipline|strong="G3810"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w respected|strong="G1788"\w* them. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* important \w that|strong="G4151"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* accept \w discipline|strong="G3810"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w life|strong="G2198"\w*. 
\v 10 \w Our|strong="G2596"\w* fathers \w on|strong="G1909"\w* earth \w disciplined|strong="G3811"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w short|strong="G3641"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w thought|strong="G1380"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w best|strong="G1380"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w disciplines|strong="G3811"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* can be holy \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G0846"\w*. 
\v 11 \w We|strong="G1161"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* enjoy \w discipline|strong="G3809"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* get \w it|strong="G0846"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w painful|strong="G3077"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w later|strong="G5305"\w*, \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* learned \w our|strong="G3956"\w* lesson \w from|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w*, \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* enjoy \w the|strong="G3956"\w* peace \w that|strong="G3956"\w* \w comes|strong="G1510"\w* \w from|strong="G1223"\w* doing \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w right|strong="G1343"\w*. 
\s1 \w Be|strong="G1510"\w* Careful How \w You|strong="G1510"\w* Live 
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\v 12 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* become \w weak|strong="G3935"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* make yourselves strong \w again|strong="G0461"\w*. 
\v 13 Live \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* right way \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* saved \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* weakness \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w cause|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* lost. 
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\v 14 Try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* live \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* keep \w your|strong="G2962"\w* lives free \w from|strong="G1515"\w* sin. \w Anyone|strong="G3762"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* life \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* holy \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w never|strong="G3762"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*. 
\v 15 \w Be|strong="G2532"\w* careful \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* fails \w to|strong="G2532"\w* get \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*. \w Be|strong="G2532"\w* careful \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* loses \w their|strong="G0846"\w* faith \w and|strong="G2532"\w* becomes \w like|strong="G0846"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* bitter weed growing \w among|strong="G0575"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w*. \w Someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w like|strong="G0846"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* can ruin \w your|strong="G2532"\w* whole group. 
\v 16 \w Be|strong="G5100"\w* careful \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* commits sexual sin. \w And|strong="G1520"\w* \w be|strong="G5100"\w* careful \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w Esau|strong="G2269"\w* \w and|strong="G1520"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* thinks \w about|strong="G5613"\w* God. \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* oldest son, \w Esau|strong="G2269"\w* \w would|strong="G5100"\w* \w have|strong="G5100"\w* inherited everything \w from|strong="G2228"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* father. \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w sold|strong="G0591"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w for|strong="G0473"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w single|strong="G1520"\w* \w meal|strong="G1035"\w*. 
\v 17 \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w remember|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* Esau \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w get|strong="G2147"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* father’s \w blessing|strong="G2129"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w blessing|strong="G2129"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* much \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* cried. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G0846"\w* father \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* give \w him|strong="G0846"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w blessing|strong="G2129"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* Esau \w could|strong="G2147"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w way|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* change \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G3748"\w* done. 
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\v 18 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* place that can \w be|strong="G2532"\w* seen \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w touched|strong="G5584"\w*, like \w the|strong="G2532"\w* mountain \w the|strong="G2532"\w* people \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Israel saw, \w which|strong="G4442"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w burning|strong="G2545"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* covered \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w darkness|strong="G2217"\w*, \w gloom|strong="G2217"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* storms. 
\v 19 \w There|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w sound|strong="G5456"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w a|strong="G0191"\w* \w trumpet|strong="G4536"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G0191"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3056"\w* \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w like|strong="G0846"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w heard|strong="G0191"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w*, \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w begged|strong="G3868"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w hear|strong="G0191"\w* another \w word|strong="G3056"\w*. 
\v 20 \w They|strong="G2579"\w* did \w not|strong="G3756"\w* want \w to|strong="G3756"\w* hear \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w command|strong="G1291"\w*: “\w If|strong="G2579"\w* anything, \w even|strong="G2579"\w* an animal, \w touches|strong="G2345"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w*, \w it|strong="G5342"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* killed \w with|strong="G5342"\w* \w stones|strong="G3036"\w*.”\x + \xo 12:20  \xt Quote from Exodus 19:12-13.\x* 
\v 21 \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* saw \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w terrible|strong="G5398"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* shaking \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w fear|strong="G1790"\w*.”\x + \xo 12:21  \xt Quote from Deuteronomy 9:19.\x*\f + \fr 12:21  \ft These verses refer to things that happened to the people of Israel in the time of Moses as described in Exodus 19.\f* 
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\v 22 \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mount|strong="G3735"\w* \w Zion|strong="G4622"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heavenly|strong="G2032"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*.\f + \fr 12:22  \fk Jerusalem \ft Here, the spiritual city of God’s people.\f* \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* place where \w thousands|strong="G3461"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* gathered \w to|strong="G2532"\w* celebrate. 
\v 23 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* come \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* meeting \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w firstborn|strong="G4416"\w*\f + \fr 12:23  \fk firstborn \ft The first son born in a Jewish family had the most important place in the family and received special blessings. All of God’s children are like that.\f* children. \w Their|strong="G2532"\w* names \w are|strong="G3956"\w* written \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* come \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* come \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* good \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G5048"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w*. 
\v 24 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* come \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*—\w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* brought \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w new|strong="G3501"\w* agreement \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*. \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* come \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="G4473"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w*\f + \fr 12:24  \fk sprinkled blood \ft The blood (death) of Jesus.\f* \w that|strong="G2980"\w* tells us \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w things|strong="G2980"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w of|strong="G0129"\w* \w Abel|strong="G0006"\w*. 
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\v 25 \w Be|strong="G3123"\w* \w careful|strong="G0991"\w* \w and|strong="G3772"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w refuse|strong="G3868"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* listen \w when|strong="G0991"\w* \w God|strong="G4183"\w* \w speaks|strong="G2980"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* listen \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G1565"\w* \w when|strong="G0991"\w* \w he|strong="G1565"\w* \w warned|strong="G5537"\w* \w them|strong="G1565"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*. \w And|strong="G3772"\w* \w they|strong="G1487"\w* did \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w escape|strong="G1628"\w*. \w Now|strong="G0991"\w* \w God|strong="G4183"\w* \w is|strong="G3772"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w So|strong="G3361"\w* \w now|strong="G0991"\w* \w it|strong="G1909"\w* \w will|strong="G4183"\w* \w be|strong="G3123"\w* worse \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w refuse|strong="G3868"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* listen \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G1565"\w*. 
\v 26 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w*, \w his|strong="G3739"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w shook|strong="G4579"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w*, “\w Once|strong="G0530"\w* \w again|strong="G2089"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w shake|strong="G4579"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w shake|strong="G4579"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.”\x + \xo 12:26  \xt Quote from Haggai 2:6.\x* 
\v 27 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* words “\w once|strong="G0530"\w* \w again|strong="G2089"\w*” clearly \w show|strong="G4160"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* everything \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w created|strong="G4160"\w* \w will|strong="G4160"\w* \w be|strong="G2089"\w* destroyed—\w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w can|strong="G3306"\w* \w be|strong="G2089"\w* \w shaken|strong="G4531"\w*. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* only \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2089"\w* \w shaken|strong="G4531"\w* \w will|strong="G4160"\w* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w*. 
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\v 28 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w thankful|strong="G5485"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w kingdom|strong="G0932"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w cannot|strong="G0761"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w shaken|strong="G0761"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3739"\w* \w thankful|strong="G5485"\w*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w worship|strong="G3000"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* please \w him|strong="G3739"\w*. \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* respect \w and|strong="G2532"\w* fear, 
\v 29 \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w that|strong="G2316"\w* can destroy us. 
\c 13  
\s1 Worship That Pleases God 
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\v 1 \w Continue|strong="G3306"\w* loving each other as brothers \w and|strong="G3306"\w* sisters \w in|strong="G3306"\w* Christ. 
\v 2 \w Always|strong="G1223"\w* remember \w to|strong="G5100"\w* help \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* welcoming \w them|strong="G3579"\w* \w into|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* home. \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G5100"\w* done \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w and|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G5100"\w* helped \w angels|strong="G0032"\w* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* \w knowing|strong="G2990"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w*. 
\v 3 Don’t forget \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G4887"\w*. \w Remember|strong="G3403"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G4887"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* don’t forget \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w suffering|strong="G1722"\w*. \w Remember|strong="G3403"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w suffering|strong="G1722"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
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\v 4 \w Marriage|strong="G1062"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* honored \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w marriage|strong="G1062"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G3956"\w* pure \w between|strong="G2532"\w* husband \w and|strong="G2532"\w* wife. \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* guilty \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* commit \w sexual|strong="G2845"\w* sins \w and|strong="G2532"\w* adultery. 
\v 5 \w Keep|strong="G3361"\w* \w your|strong="G3761"\w* lives \w free|strong="G0866"\w* \w from|strong="G3361"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w love|strong="G0866"\w* \w of|strong="G3004"\w* \w money|strong="G0866"\w*. \w And|strong="G0846"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w satisfied|strong="G0714"\w* \w with|strong="G0846"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w*. \w God|strong="G0846"\w* \w has|strong="G3761"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w I|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G0846"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w leave|strong="G1459"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*; 
\q2 \w I|strong="G3004"\w* \w will|strong="G0846"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* run away \w from|strong="G3361"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*.” \rq Deuteronomy 31:6\rq* 
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\v 6 \w So|strong="G5620"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* feel sure \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, 
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\q1 “\w The|strong="G4160"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w my|strong="G4160"\w* \w helper|strong="G0998"\w*; 
\q2 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G0444"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*. 
\q1 \w People|strong="G0444"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w*.” \rq Psalm 118:6\rq* 
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\v 7 \w Remember|strong="G3421"\w* \w your|strong="G4102"\w* \w leaders|strong="G2233"\w*. \w They|strong="G3739"\w* taught \w God’s|strong="G2316"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w Remember|strong="G3421"\w* how \w they|strong="G3739"\w* lived \w and|strong="G2316"\w* died, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* copy \w their|strong="G3739"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. 
\v 8 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* \w yesterday|strong="G5504"\w*, \w today|strong="G4594"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w forever|strong="G0165"\w*. 
\v 9 \w Don’t|strong="G3756"\w* let \w all|strong="G3588"\w* kinds \w of|strong="G5485"\w* \w strange|strong="G3581"\w* \w teachings|strong="G1322"\w* lead \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w into|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* wrong \w way|strong="G1722"\w*. Depend \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* God’s \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* spiritual strength, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* rules \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w foods|strong="G1033"\w*. Obeying \w those|strong="G3588"\w* rules \w doesn’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w help|strong="G5623"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w*. 
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\v 10 \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* sacrifice.\f + \fr 13:10  \fk sacrifice \ft Literally, “altar.” Here, it means the sacrifice (offering) of Jesus. He gave his life to pay for people’s sins.\f* \w And|strong="G2068"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* priests \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Holy \w Tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* sacrifice \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w*. 
\v 11 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w high|strong="G0749"\w* \w priest|strong="G0749"\w* carries \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w animals|strong="G2226"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Most|strong="G0040"\w* \w Holy|strong="G0040"\w* \w Place|strong="G0040"\w*\f + \fr 13:11  \fk Most Holy Place \ft Literally, “the holies,” the place in the Jewish Tabernacle or Temple where God met the high priest.\f* \w and|strong="G0749"\w* offers \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w sins|strong="G0266"\w*. \w But|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w animals|strong="G2226"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* \w burned|strong="G2618"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* camp. 
\v 12 \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffered|strong="G3958"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* city. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* died \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w make|strong="G0037"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w holy|strong="G0037"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w blood|strong="G0129"\w*. 
\v 13 \w So|strong="G4314"\w* \w we|strong="G3588"\w* should \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* camp \w and|strong="G1831"\w* accept \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G0846"\w* shame \w that|strong="G0846"\w* \w he|strong="G0846"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w*. 
\v 14 \w Here|strong="G5602"\w* \w on|strong="G4172"\w* earth \w we|strong="G2192"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w that|strong="G2192"\w* lasts forever. \w But|strong="G0235"\w* \w we|strong="G2192"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w waiting|strong="G3306"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w that|strong="G2192"\w* \w we|strong="G2192"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w in|strong="G3306"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w future|strong="G3195"\w*. 
\v 15 \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G0846"\w* \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* never stop offering \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w to|strong="G3778"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w That|strong="G3778"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w praise|strong="G0133"\w*, coming \w from|strong="G1223"\w* \w lips|strong="G5491"\w* \w that|strong="G3778"\w* speak \w his|strong="G0846"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*. 
\v 16 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w don’t|strong="G3361"\w* \w forget|strong="G1950"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w good|strong="G2140"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w share|strong="G2842"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w pleasing|strong="G2100"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. 
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\v 17 \w Obey|strong="G3982"\w* \w your|strong="G4160"\w* \w leaders|strong="G2233"\w*. \w Be|strong="G2532"\w* willing \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* responsible \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w your|strong="G4160"\w* spiritual \w welfare|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G0846"\w* \w are|strong="G3778"\w* always watching \w to|strong="G2443"\w* protect \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w Obey|strong="G3982"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* work \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w give|strong="G0591"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w*, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w grief|strong="G4727"\w*. \w It|strong="G0846"\w* \w won’t|strong="G3361"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* hard \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w*. 
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\v 18 Continue \w praying|strong="G4336"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* feel \w right|strong="G2570"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w what|strong="G2570"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w always|strong="G3956"\w* try \w to|strong="G2309"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w what|strong="G2570"\w* \w is|strong="G3748"\w* best. 
\v 19 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G3778"\w* \w beg|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w pray|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G4160"\w* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* send \w me|strong="G4160"\w* back \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w soon|strong="G5032"\w*. \w I|strong="G3778"\w* want \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w more|strong="G4056"\w* than anything else. 
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\v 20-21 I pray that the God of peace will give you every good thing you need so that you can do what he wants. God is the one who raised from death our Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd of his sheep. He raised him because Jesus sacrificed his blood to begin the new agreement that never ends. I pray that God will work through Jesus Christ to do the things in us that please him. To him be glory forever. Amen. 
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\v 22 \w My|strong="G2532"\w* \w brothers|strong="G0080"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w beg|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* listen patiently \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3056"\w*. \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w wrote|strong="G1989"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* letter \w to|strong="G2532"\w* strengthen \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* long. 
\v 23 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w our|strong="G0080"\w* \w brother|strong="G0080"\w* \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* out \w of|strong="G0080"\w* prison. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w soon|strong="G5032"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w both|strong="G2064"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*. 
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\v 24 \w Give|strong="G0782"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* \w greetings|strong="G0782"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w your|strong="G3956"\w* \w leaders|strong="G2233"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* God’s \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G0575"\w* \w Italy|strong="G2482"\w* \w send|strong="G0782"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w greetings|strong="G0782"\w*. 
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\v 25 God’s \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*. 