Hebrews 12:12-21

12So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees.

13Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong.

14Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord.

15Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many.

16Make sure that no one is immoral or godless like Esau, who traded his birthright as the firstborn son for a single meal.

17You know that afterward, when he wanted his father’s blessing, he was rejected. It was too late for repentance, even though he begged with bitter tears.

18You have not come to a physical mountain, to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai.

19For they heard an awesome trumpet blast and a voice so terrible that they begged God to stop speaking.

20They staggered back under God’s command: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.”

21Moses himself was so frightened at the sight that he said, “I am terrified and trembling.”