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Listen to Hebrews 13:5-20
5Keep your lives free from the love of money(A) and be content with what you have,(B) because God has said,
“Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”[a](C)
6So we say with confidence,
“The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?”[b](D)
7Remember your leaders,(E) who spoke the word of God(F) to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate(G) their faith. 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.(H)
9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.(I) It is good for our hearts to be strengthened(J) by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods,(K) which is of no benefit to those who do so.(L) 10We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle(M) have no right to eat.(N)
11The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering,(O) but the bodies are burned outside the camp.(P) 12And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate(Q) to make the people holy(R) through his own blood.(S) 13Let us, then, go to him(T) outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.(U) 14For here we do not have an enduring city,(V) but we are looking for the city that is to come.(W)
15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice(X) of praise—the fruit of lips(Y) that openly profess his name. 16And do not forget to do good and to share with others,(Z) for with such sacrifices(AA) God is pleased.
17Have confidence in your leaders(AB) and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you(AC) as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.
18Pray for us.(AD) We are sure that we have a clear conscience(AE) and desire to live honorably in every way. 19I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon.(AF)
Benediction and Final Greetings
20Now may the God of peace,(AG) who through the blood of the eternal covenant(AH) brought back from the dead(AI) our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,(AJ)
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Footnotes
- Hebrews 13:5 Deut. 31:6
- Hebrews 13:6 Psalm 118:6,7
Cross references
- Hebrews 13:5 : S 1Ti 3:3
- Hebrews 13:5 : Php 4:11; 1Ti 6:6, 8
- Hebrews 13:5 : Dt 31:6, 8; Jos 1:5
- Hebrews 13:6 : Ps 118:6, 7
- Hebrews 13:7 : ver 17, 24; 1Co 16:16
- Hebrews 13:7 : S Heb 4:12
- Hebrews 13:7 : Heb 6:12
- Hebrews 13:8 : Ps 102:27; Heb 1:12
- Hebrews 13:9 : Eph 4:14
- Hebrews 13:9 : Col 2:7
- Hebrews 13:9 : Col 2:16
- Hebrews 13:9 : Heb 9:10
- Hebrews 13:10 : Heb 8:5
- Hebrews 13:10 : 1Co 9:13; 10:18
- Hebrews 13:11 : Lev 16:15
- Hebrews 13:11 : Ex 29:14; Lev 4:12, 21; 9:11; 16:27
- Hebrews 13:12 : Jn 19:17
- Hebrews 13:12 : S Eph 5:26
- Hebrews 13:12 : S Ro 3:25
- Hebrews 13:13 : Lk 9:23
- Hebrews 13:13 : Heb 11:26
- Hebrews 13:14 : Heb 12:27
- Hebrews 13:14 : Php 3:20; Heb 11:10, 27; 12:22
- Hebrews 13:15 : 1Pe 2:5
- Hebrews 13:15 : Isa 57:19; Hos 14:2
- Hebrews 13:16 : Ro 12:13
- Hebrews 13:16 : Php 4:18
- Hebrews 13:17 : ver 7, 24
- Hebrews 13:17 : Isa 62:6; Ac 20:28
- Hebrews 13:18 : S 1Th 5:25
- Hebrews 13:18 : S Ac 23:1
- Hebrews 13:19 : Phm 22
- Hebrews 13:20 : S Ro 15:33
- Hebrews 13:20 : Ge 9:16; 17:7, 13, 19; Isa 55:3; 61:8; Eze 37:26; S Mt 26:28
- Hebrews 13:20 : S Ac 2:24
- Hebrews 13:20 : S Jn 10:11
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