Hebrews 13(ESV) Sacrifices Pleasing to God 13Letbrotherly love continue.2Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for therebysome have entertained angels unawares.3Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.4Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be u...

Hebrews 12(ESV) Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, andsin which clings so closely, andlet us runwith endurance the race that isset before us,2looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith,who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, d...

Hebrews 11(ESV) By Faith Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction ofthings not seen.2For by it the people of old received their commendation.3By faith we understand that the universe was created bythe word of God, so that what is seen was not made out ofthings that are visible. 4By faithAbel offered to Goda more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, th...

Hebrews 10(ESV) Christ's Sacrifice Once for All For since the law has buta shadowof the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities,it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.2Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, wou...

Hebrews 9(ESV) The Earthly Holy Place Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship andan earthly place of holiness.2Fora tent[a]was prepared, the first section, in which werethe lampstand andthe table andthe bread of the Presence.[b]It is called the Holy Place.3Behindthe second curtain was a second section[c]called the Most Holy Place,4having the goldenaltar...

Hebrews 8(ESV) Jesus, High Priest of a Better Covenant Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest,one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,2a minister in the holy places, inthe true tent[a]that the Lordset up, not man.3Forevery high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thusit is necessary for ...

Hebrews 7(ESV) The Priestly Order of Melchizedek For thisMelchizedek, king ofSalem, priest ofthe Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,2and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace.3He is ...

Hebrews 6(ESV) 6Thereforelet us leavethe elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentancefrom dead works and of faith toward God,2and ofinstruction about washings,[a]the laying on of hands,the resurrection of the dead, andeternal judgment.3And this we will doif God permits.4For it is impossible, in the case of thosewho hav...

Hebrews 5(ESV) For every high priest chosen from among menis appointed to act on behalf of menin relation to God,to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.2He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himselfis beset with weakness.3Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sinsjust as he does for those of the people.4Andno one takes thi...

Hebrews 4(ESV) Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seemto have failed to reach it.2For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, becausethey were not united by faith with those who listened.[a]3For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swo...