Hebrews 9:11-28

11But when Christ appeared as a 1high priest of the 2good things 3having come, He entered through 4the greater and more perfect 5tabernacle, 6not made by hands, that is, 7not of this creation; 12and not through 8the blood of goats and calves, but 9through His own blood, He 10entered the holy place 11once for all time, 12having obtained 13eternal redemption. 13For if 14the blood of goats and bulls, and 15the 16ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify for the 17cleansing of the flesh, 14how much more will 18the blood of Christ, who through 1920the eternal Spirit 21offered Himself without blemish to God, 22cleanse your conscience from 23dead works to serve 24the living God?

15For this reason 25He is the 26mediator of a 27new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the violations that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been 28called may 29receive the promise of 30the eternal inheritance. 16For where there is a 31covenant, there must of necessity 32be the death of the one who made it. 17For a 33covenant is valid only when people are dead, 34for it is never in force while the one who made it lives. 18Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood. 19For when every commandment had been 35spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, 36he took the 37blood of the calves and the goats, with 38water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both 39the book itself and all the people, 20saying, “40This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you.” 21And in the same way he 41sprinkled both the 42tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood. 22And 43almost all things are cleansed with blood, according to the Law, and 44without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

23Therefore it was necessary for the 45copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these things, but 46the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24For Christ 47did not enter a holy place made by hands, a mere copy of 48the true one, but into 49heaven itself, now 50to appear in the presence of God for us; 25nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as 51the high priest enters 52the Holy Place 53year by year with blood that is not his own. 26Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since 54the foundation of the world; but now 55once at 56the consummation of the ages He has been 57revealed to put away sin 5859by the sacrifice of Himself. 27And just as 60it is destined for people to die once, and after this 61comes judgment, 28so Christ also, having been 62offered once to 63bear the sins of many, will appear 64a second time for 65salvation 66without reference to sin, to those who 67eagerly await Him.