²² So Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant.^(A)

¹⁵ Therefore, He is the mediator^(A) of a new covenant,^[a](B) so that those who are called might receive the promise^(C) of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.^(D)

²⁴ to Jesus (mediator^(A) of a new covenant^(B)), and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel.^(C)

Benediction and Farewell

²⁰ Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus—the great Shepherd of the sheep^(A)—with the blood of the everlasting covenant,^(B)