The Koine Bible

Now the main point of what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest who has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

A minister of the holy things and of the true tent, which the Lord pitched, not a man.

For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; therefore it is necessary for this one also to have something to offer.

If he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the law.

who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned when about to complete the tabernacle, For see, he says, you shall make everything according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain.

But now he has obtained a ministry that is more excellent, as he is also mediator of a better covenant, which has been established on better promises.

For if that first one had been faultless, a second place would not have been sought.

For he finds fault with them, saying: Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, and I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

Not according to the covenant that I made with their ancestors on the day I took hold of their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not remain in my covenant, and I neglected them, says the Lord.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their mind, and I will write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.

And no one will teach each citizen and each brother, saying, Know the Lord, because all will know me from the least to the greatest of them.

For I will be merciful to their injustices, and their sins I will no longer remember.

By saying New, he has made the first obsolete; but what is becoming obsolete and growing old is near to disappearing.