Hebrews 10 NIV NLT Parallel

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1The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming--not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

1The old system under the law of Moses was only a shadow, a dim preview of the good things to come, not the good things themselves. The sacrifices under that system were repeated again and again, year after year, but they were never able to provide perfect cleansing for those who came to worship.

2Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins.

2If they could have provided perfect cleansing, the sacrifices would have stopped, for the worshipers would have been purified once for all time, and their feelings of guilt would have disappeared.

3But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins.

3But instead, those sacrifices actually reminded them of their sins year after year.

4It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

4For it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

5Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me;

5That is why, when Christ came into the world, he said to God, “You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings. But you have given me a body to offer.

6with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased.

6You were not pleased with burnt offerings or other offerings for sin.

7Then I said, 'Here I am--it is written about me in the scroll-- I have come to do your will, my God.'"

7Then I said, ‘Look, I have come to do your will, O God— as is written about me in the Scriptures.’”

8First he said, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them"--though they were offered in accordance with the law.

8First, Christ said, “You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings or burnt offerings or other offerings for sin, nor were you pleased with them” (though they are required by the law of Moses).

9Then he said, "Here I am, I have come to do your will." He sets aside the first to establish the second.

9Then he said, “Look, I have come to do your will.” He cancels the first covenant in order to put the second into effect.

10And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

10For God’s will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.

11Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

11Under the old covenant, the priest stands and ministers before the altar day after day, offering the same sacrifices again and again, which can never take away sins.

12But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,

12But our High Priest offered himself to God as a single sacrifice for sins, good for all time. Then he sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand.

13and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool.

13There he waits until his enemies are humbled and made a footstool under his feet.

14For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

14For by that one offering he forever made perfect those who are being made holy.

15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:

15And the Holy Spirit also testifies that this is so. For he says,

16"This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds."

16“This is the new covenant I will make with my people on that day, says the LORD: I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.”

17Then he adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more."

17Then he says, “I will never again remember their sins and lawless deeds.”

18And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.

18And when sins have been forgiven, there is no need to offer any more sacrifices. A Call to Persevere

19Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

19And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus.

20by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body,

20By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place.

21and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

21And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house,

22let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

22let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.

23Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

23Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.

24And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,

24Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.

25not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

25And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

26If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left,

26Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins.

27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.

27There is only the terrible expectation of God’s judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies.

28Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

28For anyone who refused to obey the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

29How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

29Just think how much worse the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God, and have treated the blood of the covenant, which made us holy, as if it were common and unholy, and have insulted and disdained the Holy Spirit who brings God’s mercy to us.

30For we know him who said, "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," and again, "The Lord will judge his people."

30For we know the one who said, “I will take revenge. I will pay them back.” He also said, “The LORD will judge his own people.”

31It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

31It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

32Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.

32Think back on those early days when you first learned about Christ. Remember how you remained faithful even though it meant terrible suffering.

33Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.

33Sometimes you were exposed to public ridicule and were beaten, and sometimes you helped others who were suffering the same things.

34You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.

34You suffered along with those who were thrown into jail, and when all you owned was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew there were better things waiting for you that will last forever.

35So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

35So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you!

36You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.

36Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.

37For, "In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay."

37“For in just a little while, the Coming One will come and not delay.

38And, "But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back."

38And my righteous ones will live by faith. But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”

39But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

39But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved.

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