Heb 3 | NASB1995 | STEP | Therefore , holy brethren , partakers of a heavenly calling , consider Jesus , the Apostle and High Priest of our confession ;

Hebrews 3

Jesus Our High Priest

1 Therefore, ^aholy brethren, partakers of a ^bheavenly calling, consider Jesus, ^cthe Apostle and ^dHigh Priest of our ^econfession; 2 ^{▼▼ Lit Being faithful}He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as ^gMoses also was in all His house. 3 ^hFor He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house. 4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. 5 Now ⁱMoses was faithful in all His house as ^ja servant, ^kfor a testimony of those things ^lwhich were to be spoken later; 6 but Christ was faithful as ^ma Son over His house— ⁿwhose house we are, ^oif we hold fast our ^pconfidence and the boast of our ^qhope firm until the end.

7 Therefore, just as ^rthe Holy Spirit says, ^s“Today if you hear His voice,
8 ^t Do not harden your hearts as ^{▼▼ Lit in the provocation} when they provoked Me,
As in the day of trial in the wilderness,
9 ^v Where your fathers tried Me by testing Me,
And saw My works for ^w forty years.
10 ^x“Therefore I was angry with this generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they did not know My ways’;
11 ^y As I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’”

The Peril of Unbelief

12 ^zTake care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart ^{▼▼ Lit in falling}that falls away from ^abthe living God. 13 But ^acencourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the ^addeceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ, ^aeif we hold fast the beginning of our ^afassurance firm until the end, 15 while it is said, ^ag“Today if you hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts, as ^{▼▼ Lit in the rebellion} when they provoked Me.”

16 For who ^aiprovoked Him when they had heard? Indeed, ^ajdid not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses? 17 And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, ^akwhose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear ^althat they would not enter His rest, but to those who were ^amdisobedient? 19 So we see that they were not able to enter because of ^anunbelief.