Hebrews 3
3
1Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus, 2who is faithful to him that has constituted him, as Moses also in all his house. 3For he has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by how much he that has built it has more honour than the house. 4For every house is built by some one; but he who has built all things is God. 5And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house, as a ministering servant, for a testimony of the things to be spoken after; 6but Christ, as Son over his house, whose house are we, if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of hope firm to the end.
7Wherefore, even as says the Holy Spirit, To-day if ye will hear his voice, 8harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness; 9where your fathers tempted me, by proving me, and saw my works forty years. 10Wherefore I was wroth with this generation, and said, They always err in heart; and they have not known my ways; 11so I swore in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest. 12See, brethren, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief, in turning away from the living God. 13But encourage yourselves each day, as long as it is called To-day, that none of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14For we are become companions of the Christ if indeed we hold the beginning of the assurance firm to the end; 15in that it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation; 16(for who was it, who, having heard, provoked? but was it not all who came out of Egypt by Moses? 17And with whom was he wroth forty years? Was it not with those who had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? 18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who had not hearkened to the word? 19And we see that they could not enter in on account of unbelief;)
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Hebrews 3
3
Jesus Is Greater Than Moses
1So, my brothers and sisters, those chosen by God to be his holy people, think about Jesus. He is the one we believe God sent to save us and to be our high priest. 2God made him our high priest, and he was faithful to God just as Moses was. He did everything God wanted him to do in God’s house. 3When someone builds a house, people will honor the builder more than the house. It is the same with Jesus. He should have more honor than Moses. 4Every house is built by someone, but God built everything. 5Moses was faithful as a servant in God’s whole house. He told people what God would say in the future. 6But Christ is faithful in ruling God’s house as the Son. And we are God’s house, if we remain confident of the great hope we are glad to say we have.
We Must Continue to Follow God
7So it is just as the Holy Spirit says:
“If you hear God’s voice today,
8don’t be stubborn as you were in the past,
when you turned against God.
That was the day you tested God in the desert.
9For 40 years in the desert, your people saw what I did.
But they tested me and my patience.
10So I was angry with them.
I said, ‘Their thoughts are always wrong.
They have never understood my ways.’
11So I was angry and made a promise:
‘They will never enter my place of rest.’” Psalm 95:7-11
12So, brothers and sisters, be careful that none of you has the evil thoughts that cause so much doubt that you stop following the living God. 13But encourage each other every day, while you still have something called “today.#3:13 today This word is taken from verse 7. It means it is important to do this now, while there is still opportunity.” Help each other so that none of you will be fooled by sin and become too hard to change. 14We have the honor of sharing in all that Christ has if we continue until the end to have the sure faith we had in the beginning. 15That’s why the Spirit said,
“If you hear God’s voice today,
don’t be stubborn as in the past
when you turned against God.” Psalm 95:7-8
16Who were those who heard God’s voice and turned against him? It was all the people Moses led out of Egypt. 17And who was God angry with for 40 years? He was angry with those who sinned. And their dead bodies were left in the desert. 18And which people was God talking to when he promised that they would never enter his place of rest? He was talking to those who did not obey him. 19So we see that they were not allowed to enter and have God’s rest, because they did not believe.
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