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16 Or lest any man among you be found immoral and weak like Esau, who sold his birthright for a morsel of meat. 17 For you know that afterward when he wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, and he had no chance of recovery, even though he sought it with tears. 18 For you have yet neither come near the roaring fire, nor the darkness nor the storm nor the tempest, 19 Nor to the sound of the trumpet and the voice of the word; which voice they heard but refused so that the word will not be spoken to them any more. 20 For they could not survive that which was commanded, for if even a beast drew near the mountain, it would be stoned. 21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I fear and quake. 22 But you have come near to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the innumerable multitude of angels, 23 And to the congregation of the first converts who are enrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of pious men made perfect 24 And to Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, and to the sprinkling of his blood, which speaks a better message than Abel did. 25 Beware, therefore, lest you refuse him who speaks to you. For if they were not delivered who refused him who spoke with them on earth, much more can we not escape if we refuse him who speaks to us from heaven: 26 The one whose voice shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, Once more I will shake not only the earth, but also heaven. 27 And this word, Once more, signifies the change of things which may be shaken, because they are made, in order that the things which can not be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore, we receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us hold fast that grace whereby we may serve and please God with reverence and godly fear: 29 For our God is a consuming fire. Hebrews 12:16-29, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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