Heb 8:6-13, 9:15, 10:16-17, 12:24, 13:20 | ESV | STEP | But as it is , Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better , since it is enacted on better promises .

Hebrews 8:6-13

6 But as it is, Christ ^{▼▼Greek he} has obtained a ministry that is ^bas much more excellent than the old as ^cthe covenant ^dhe mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. 7 ^eFor if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.

8 For he finds fault with them when he says: ^{▼▼Some manuscripts For finding fault with it he says to them}

^g“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,
when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah,
9 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers
on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
For they did not continue in my covenant,
and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.
10 ^hFor this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws into their minds,
and ⁱwrite them on their hearts,
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people.
11 And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor
and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
for they shall ^jall know me,
from the least of them to the greatest.
12 For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,
^kand I will remember their sins no more.”
13 In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And ^lwhat is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

Hebrews 9:15

15 Therefore he is ^mthe mediator of a new covenant, so that ⁿthose who are called may ^oreceive the promised eternal inheritance, ^psince a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. ^{▼▼The Greek word means both covenant and will; also verses 16, 17}

Hebrews 10:16-17

16 ^r“This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on their hearts,
and write them on their minds,”
17 then he adds,

^s“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”

Hebrews 12:24

24 and to Jesus, ^tthe mediator of a new covenant, and to ^uthe sprinkled blood ^vthat speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

Hebrews 13:20

Benediction

20 Now ^wmay the God of peace ^xwho brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, ^ythe great shepherd of the sheep, by ^zthe blood of the eternal covenant,