Hebrews 9:13-28

13For if 1the blood of goats and bulls, and 2the 3ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify for the 4cleansing of the flesh, 14how much more will 5the blood of Christ, who through 67the eternal Spirit 8offered Himself without blemish to God, 9cleanse your conscience from 10dead works to serve 11the living God?

15For this reason 12He is the 13mediator of a 14new 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 15called may 16receive the promise of 17the eternal inheritance. 16For where there is a 18covenant, there must of necessity 19be the death of the one who made it. 17For a 20covenant is valid only when people are dead, 21for 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 22spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, 23he took the 24blood of the calves and the goats, with 25water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both 26the book itself and all the people, 20saying, “27This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you.” 21And in the same way he 28sprinkled both the 29tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood. 22And 30almost all things are cleansed with blood, according to the Law, and 31without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

23Therefore it was necessary for the 32copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these things, but 33the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24For Christ 34did not enter a holy place made by hands, a mere copy of 35the true one, but into 36heaven itself, now 37to appear in the presence of God for us; 25nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as 38the high priest enters 39the Holy Place 40year by year with blood that is not his own. 26Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since 41the foundation of the world; but now 42once at 43the consummation of the ages He has been 44revealed to put away sin 4546by the sacrifice of Himself. 27And just as 47it is destined for people to die once, and after this 48comes judgment, 28so Christ also, having been 49offered once to 50bear the sins of many, will appear 51a second time for 52salvation 53without reference to sin, to those who 54eagerly await Him.