Hebrews 9:11–22

NEW COVENANT MINISTRY

¹¹But Christ has appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come.^C In the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, not of this creation^g), ¹²he entered the most holy place once for all time, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.^{h 13}For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,^{i 14}how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit^j offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our^D consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God?^k

¹⁵Therefore, he is the mediator^l of a new covenant,^m so that those who are called might receive the promiseⁿ of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.^{o 16}Where a will exists, the death of the one who made it must be established. ¹⁷For a will is valid only when people die, since it is never in effect while the one who made it is living. ¹⁸That is why even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood. ¹⁹For when every command had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats,^A along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll itself and all the people,^{p 20}saying, This is the blood of the covenant that God has ordained for you.^{Bq 21}In the same way, he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the articles of worship with blood.^{r 22}According to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.^s