| 1Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, | 1Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, |
| 2who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God's house. | 2who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God's house. |
| 3For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself! | 3For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself! |
| 4For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. | 4For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. |
| 5Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken. | 5Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken. |
| 6But Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in. | 6But Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in. |
| 7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! | 7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! |
| 8"Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness. | 8"Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness. |
| 9"There your fathers tested me and tried me, and they saw my works for forty years. | 9"There your fathers tested me and tried me, and they saw my works for forty years. |
| 10"Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, 'Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways.' | 10"Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, 'Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways.' |
| 11"As I swore in my anger, 'They will never enter my rest!'" | 11"As I swore in my anger, 'They will never enter my rest!'" |
| 12See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes the living God. | 12See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes the living God. |
| 13But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called "Today," that none of you may become hardened by sin's deception. | 13But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called "Today," that none of you may become hardened by sin's deception. |
| 14For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end. | 14For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end. |
| 15As it says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." | 15As it says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." |
| 16For which ones heard and rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under Moses' leadership? | 16For which ones heard and rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under Moses' leadership? |
| 17And against whom was God provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness? | 17And against whom was God provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness? |
| 18And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient? | 18And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient? |
| 19So we see that they could not enter because of unbelief. | 19So we see that they could not enter because of unbelief. |
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