8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.x

9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.y It is good for our hearts to be strengthenedz by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,a which is of no benefit to those who do so.b 10 We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernaclec have no right to eat.d

11 The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering,e but the bodies are burned outside the camp.f 12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gateg to make the people holyh through his own blood.i 13 Let us, then, go to himj outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.k 14 For here we do not have an enduring city,l but we are looking for the city that is to come.m

15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrificen of praise—the fruit of lipso that openly profess his name. 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others,p for with such sacrificesq God is pleased.