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But encourage each other every day while it is "today." Help each other so none of you will become hardened because sin has tricked you.

So we see they were not allowed to enter and have God's rest, because they did not believe.

The Good News was preached to us just as it was to them. But the teaching they heard did not help them, because they heard it but did not accept it with faith.

It is still true that some people will enter God's rest, but those who first heard the way to be saved did not enter, because they did not obey.

We know that Joshua did not lead the people into that rest, because God spoke later about another day.

Because he is weak, the high priest must offer sacrifices for his own sins and also for the sins of the people.

While Jesus lived on earth, he prayed to God and asked God for help. He prayed with loud cries and tears to the One who could save him from death, and his prayer was heard because he trusted God.

And because his obedience was perfect, he was able to give eternal salvation to all who obey him.

We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are so slow to understand.

But they fell away from Christ. It is impossible to bring them back to a changed life again, because they are nailing the Son of God to a cross again and are shaming him in front of others.

The old rule is now set aside, because it was weak and useless.

But because Jesus lives forever, he will never stop serving as priest.

So he is able always to save those who come to God through him because he always lives, asking God to help them.

If our high priest were now living on earth, he would not be a priest, because there are already priests here who follow the law by offering gifts to God.

People will no longer have to teach their neighbors and relatives to know the Lord, because all people will know me, from the least to the most important.

For this reason Christ brings a new agreement from God to his people. Those who are called by God can now receive the blessings he has promised, blessings that will last forever. They can have those things because Christ died so that the people who lived under the first agreement could be set free from sin.

because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

And because of this, we are made holy through the sacrifice Christ made in his body once and for all time.

So, brothers and sisters, we are completely free to enter the Most Holy Place without fear because of the blood of Jesus' death.

let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, because we have been made free from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.