Hebrews 3:15–4:2

^15*This is what the scripture says:

“If you hear God’s voice today,

do not be stubborn, as your ancestors were

when they rebelled against God.”

^16*Who were the people who heard God’s voice and rebelled against him? All those who were led out of Egypt by Moses. ^17*With whom was God angry for forty years? With the people who sinned, who fell down dead in the desert. ^18*When God made his solemn promise, “They will never enter the land where I would have given them rest”—of whom was he speaking? Of those who rebelled. ¹⁹We see, then, that they were not able to enter the land, because they did not believe.

4Now, God has offered us the promise that we may receive that rest he spoke about. Let us take care, then, that none of you will be found to have failed to receive that promised rest. ²For we have heard the Good News, just as they did. They heard the message, but it did them no good, because when they heard it, they did not accept it with faith.