Hebrews 10:1–10

Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All

10For since the law has but ^va shadow ^wof the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, ^xit can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. ²Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? ³But ^yin these sacrifices ^zthere is a reminder of sins every year. ⁴For ^ait is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

⁵Consequently, ^bwhen Christ¹ came into the world, he said,

^c“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,

but a body have you prepared for me;

⁶in burnt offerings and sin offerings

you have taken no pleasure.

⁷Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,

as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’ ”

⁸When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in ^csacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), ⁹then he added, ^d“Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. ¹⁰And by that will ^ewe have been sanctified through the offering of ^fthe body of Jesus Christ ^gonce for all.