Hebrews 8

Jesus, High Priest of a Better Covenant

8Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, ^uone who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, ²a minister in the holy places, in ^vthe true tent¹ that the Lord ^wset up, not man. ³For ^xevery high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus ^yit is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. ⁴Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law. ⁵They serve ^za copy and ^ashadow of the heavenly things. For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God, saying, ^b“See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.” ⁶But as it is, Christ² has obtained a ministry that is ^cas much more excellent than the old as ^dthe covenant ^ehe mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. ^7fFor if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.

⁸For he finds fault with them when he says:³

^g“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,

when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel

and with the house of Judah,

⁹not like the covenant that I made with their fathers

on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt.

For they did not continue in my covenant,

and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.

^10hFor this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel

after those days, declares the Lord:

I will put my laws into their minds,

and ⁱwrite them on their hearts,

and I will be their God,

and they shall be my people.

¹¹And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor

and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’

for they shall ^jall know me,

from the least of them to the greatest.

¹²For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,

^kand I will remember their sins no more.”

¹³In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And ^lwhat is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.