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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HEB.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming&#8212;not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HEB.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HEB.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HEB.10.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.10.5"><span class="content">&#8220;Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.10.5"><span class="content">but a body you prepared for me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HEB.10.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">with burnt offerings and sin offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.10.6"><span class="content">you were not pleased.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HEB.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then I said, &#8216;Here I am&#8212;it is written about me in the scroll&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.10.7"><span class="content">I have come to do your will, my God.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:7 </span><span class="ft">Psalm 40:6-8 (see Septuagint)</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HEB.10.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HEB.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">First he said, &#8220;Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them&#8221;&#8212;though they were offered in accordance with the law. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HEB.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then he said, &#8220;Here I am, I have come to do your will.&#8221; He sets aside the first to establish the second. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HEB.10.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HEB.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HEB.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HEB.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HEB.10.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HEB.10.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is the covenant I will make with them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.10.16"><span class="content">after that time, says the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.10.16"><span class="content">I will put my laws in their hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.10.16"><span class="content">and I will write them on their minds.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:16 </span><span class="ft">Jer. 31:33</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HEB.10.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then he adds:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.10.17"><span class="content">&#8220;Their sins and lawless acts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.10.17"><span class="content">I will remember no more.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:17 </span><span class="ft">Jer. 31:34</span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HEB.10.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HEB.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.40.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I waited patiently for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.40.1"><span class="content">he turned to me and heard my cry.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.40.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He lifted me out of the slimy pit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="content">out of the mud and mire;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="content">he set my feet on a rock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="content">and gave me a firm place to stand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.40.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He put a new song in my mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="content">a hymn of praise to our God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="content">Many will see and fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="content">and put their trust in him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.40.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="content">who trusts in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="content">who does not look to the proud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="content">to those who turn aside to false gods.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to lies</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.40.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Many, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">are the wonders you have done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">the things you planned for us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">None can compare with you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">were I to speak and tell of your deeds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">they would be too many to declare.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.40.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.40.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Sacrifice and offering you did not desire&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.40.6"><span class="content">but my ears you have opened</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:6 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">but a body you have prepared for me</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.40.6"><span class="content">burnt offerings and sin offerings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">purification offerings</span></span></span><span class="content"> you did not require.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.40.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.40.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then I said, &#8220;Here I am, I have come&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.40.7"><span class="content">it is written about me in the scroll.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">40:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">come / with the scroll written for me</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.40.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.40.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I desire to do your will, my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.40.8"><span class="content">your law is within my heart.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.40.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.40.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.40.9"><span class="content">I do not seal my lips, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.40.9"><span class="content">as you know.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.40.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="content">I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="content">I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="content">from the great assembly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.40.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.40.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Do not withhold your mercy from me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.40.11"><span class="content">may your love and faithfulness always protect me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.40.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">For troubles without number surround me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="content">my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="content">They are more than the hairs of my head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="content">and my heart fails within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.40.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.40.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Be pleased to save me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.40.13"><span class="content">come quickly, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, to help me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.40.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">May all who want to take my life</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="content">be put to shame and confusion;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="content">may all who desire my ruin</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="content">be turned back in disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.40.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.40.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">May those who say to me, &#8220;Aha! Aha!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.40.15"><span class="content">be appalled at their own shame.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.40.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But may all who seek you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="content">rejoice and be glad in you;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="content">may those who long for your saving help always say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is great!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.40.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.40.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But as for me, I am poor and needy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.40.17"><span class="content">may the Lord think of me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.40.17"><span class="content">You are my help and my deliverer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.40.17"><span class="content">you are my God, do not delay.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="m"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1PE.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;He himself bore our sins&#8221; in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; &#8220;by his wounds you have been healed.&#8221; </span></span></div>
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