Hebrews 8:6–13

⁶But Jesus has now obtained a superior ministry, and to that degree he is the mediator^m of a better covenant,ⁿ which has been established on better promises.^o

A SUPERIOR COVENANT

⁷For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second one. ⁸But finding fault with his people,^C he says:^D

See, the days are coming, says the Lord,

when I will make a new covenant

with the house of Israel

and with the house of Judah—

⁹not like the covenant

that I made with their ancestors

on the day I took them by the hand

to lead them out of the land of Egypt.

I showed no concern for them, says the Lord,

because they did not continue in my covenant.

¹⁰For 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 minds

and write them on their hearts.

I will be their God,

and they will be my people.^p

¹¹And each person will not teach his fellow citizen,^E

and each his brother or sister, saying, “Know the Lord,”

because they will all know me,

from the least to the greatest of them.^q

¹²For I will forgive their wrongdoing,

and I will never again remember their sins.^ABr

¹³By saying a new covenant, he has declared that the first is obsolete. And what is obsolete and growing old is about to pass away.^s