Hebrews 3:1-11 ▼

1 Wherefore, christian brethren, you who are called to an heavenly inheritance, consider the apostle and high priest of the faith we profess, even Christ Jesus;

2 who was faithful to him that constituted him such, as Moses likewise was faithful in all his administration of God's house.

3 but as the architect is of much greater dignity than the house he has made; so the glory which Christ received was greater than that of Moses.

4 no house is without a builder; now he that built the whole house of Israel is God.

5 besides Moses throughout his whole administration acted in quality of a servant, representing to the people what he was order'd to say.

6 but Christ govern'd his own house in quality of son and heir, and 'tis we that are his house, provided we stedfastly persevere unto the end in the publick profession of that hope, in virtue of which we glory.

7 Wherefore as the holy spirit saith, "since to-day you hear his voice,

8 harden not your hearts, as at Meriba and Massa in the desart:

9 where your fathers provoked me to give proofs of my power forty years, tho' they saw my works.

10 wherefore I was displeased with that generation, and said, they do alway err in their hearts; and they have not known my ways.

11 so I swear in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest."