Hebrews 3:1-12

1Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, [thoughtfully and attentively] consider the Apostle and High Priest whom we confessed [as ours when we accepted Him as Savior], namely, Jesus;

2He was faithful to Him who appointed Him [Apostle and High Priest], as Moses also was faithful in all God’s house.

3Yet Jesus has been considered worthy of much greater glory and honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house.

4For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.

5Now Moses was faithful in [the administration of] all God’s house, [but only] as a ministering servant, [his ministry serving] as a testimony of the things which were to be spoken afterward [the revelation to come in Christ];

6but Christ is faithful as a Son over His [Father’s] house. And we are His house if we hold fast our confidence and sense of triumph in our hope [in Christ].

7Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you hear His voice,

8Do not harden your hearts as [your fathers did] in the rebellion [of Israel at Meribah], On the day of testing in the wilderness,

9Where your fathers tried Me by testing [My forbearance and tolerance], And saw My works for forty years [And found I stood their test].

10Therefore I was angered with this generation, And I said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they did not know My ways [nor become progressively better and more intimately acquainted with them]’;

11So I swore [an oath] in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest [the promised land].’ ”

12Take care, brothers and sisters, that there not be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart [which refuses to trust and rely on the Lord, a heart] that turns away from the living God.