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For Through The Spirit He Offered Himself Without Blemish To God

13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the ones having been defiled sanctifies for the cleansing of the flesh, 14 by how much more will the blood of Christ, Who through the eternal Spirit[a] offered Himself without-blemish to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works so that we may worship[b] the living God!

Thus Christ Mediates a New Covenant Inaugurated By His Own Blood

15 And for this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that the ones having been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance— a death having taken-place for the redemption from the transgressions committed under[c] the first covenant.

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  1. Hebrews 9:14 Or, His eternal spirit.
  2. Hebrews 9:14 Or, serve.
  3. Hebrews 9:15 That is, at the time of.

13 The blood of goats and bulls(A) and the ashes of a heifer(B) sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. 14 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit(C) offered himself(D) unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences(E) from acts that lead to death,[a](F) so that we may serve the living God!(G)

15 For this reason Christ is the mediator(H) of a new covenant,(I) that those who are called(J) may receive the promised(K) eternal inheritance(L)—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.(M)

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  1. Hebrews 9:14 Or from useless rituals