Rom 3:20, Heb 9:8-28 | ESV | STEP | For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight , since through the law comes knowledge of sin .

Romans 3:20

20 For ^aby works of the law no human being ^{▼▼Greek flesh} will be justified in his sight, since ^cthrough the law comes knowledge of sin.

Hebrews 9:8-28

8 By this the Holy Spirit indicates that ^dthe way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing 9 (which is symbolic for the present age). ^{▼▼Or which is symbolic for the age then present} According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered ^fthat cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, 10 but deal only with ^gfood and drink and ^hvarious washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

Redemption Through the Blood of Christ

11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest ⁱof the good things that have come, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts good things to come} then through ^kthe greater and more perfect tent ( ^lnot made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12 he ^mentered ⁿonce for all into the holy places, not by means of ^othe blood of goats and calves but ^pby means of his own blood, ^qthus securing an eternal redemption. 13 For if ^rthe blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with ^sthe ashes of a heifer, sanctify ^{▼▼Or For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies} for the purification of the flesh, 14 how much more will ^uthe blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit ^voffered himself without blemish to God, ^wpurify our ^{▼▼Some manuscripts your} conscience ^yfrom dead works ^zto serve the living God.

15 Therefore he is ^aathe mediator of a new covenant, so that ^abthose who are called may ^acreceive the promised eternal inheritance, ^adsince 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} 16 For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. 17 For ^afa will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive. 18 Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated ^agwithout blood. 19 For when every commandment of the law had been declared by Moses to all the people, he took ^ahthe blood of calves and goats, ^aiwith water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, ^aj“This is the blood of the covenant that God commanded for you.” 21 And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both ^akthe tent and all the vessels used in worship. 22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and ^alwithout the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

23 Thus it was necessary for ^amthe copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places ^anmade with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God ^aoon our behalf. 25 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as ^apthe high priest enters ^aqthe holy places every year with blood not his own, 26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, ^arhe has appeared ^asonce for all ^atat the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And just as ^auit is appointed for man to die once, and ^avafter that comes judgment, 28 so Christ, having been offered once ^awto bear the sins of ^axmany, will appear ^aya second time, ^aznot to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly ^bawaiting for him.