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1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time
 past unto the fathers by the prophets,
1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he
 hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the
 worlds;
1:3 Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express
 image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of
 his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on
 the right hand of the Majesty on high;
1:4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by
 inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art
 my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to
 him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the
 world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits,
 and his ministers a flame of fire.
1:8 But unto the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, [is] for
 ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of
 thy kingdom.
1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore
 God, [even] thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of
 gladness above thy fellows.
1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation
 of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
1:11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall
 wax old as doth a garment;
1:12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be
 changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my
 right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to
 minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the
 things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let
 [them] slip.
2:2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every
 transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of
 reward;
2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which
 at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed
 unto us by them that heard [him];
2:4 God also bearing [them] witness, both with signs and
 wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost,
 according to his own will?
2:5 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world
 to come, whereof we speak.
2:6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man,
 that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou
 visitest him?
2:7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou
 crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the
 works of thy hands:
2:8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For
 in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing
 [that is] not put under him. But now we see not yet all things
 put under him.
2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the
 angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and
 honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for
 every man.
2:10 For it became him, for whom [are] all things, and by whom
 [are] all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the
 captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified
 [are] all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call
 them brethren,
2:12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the
 midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
2:13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I
 and the children which God hath given me.
2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and
 blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that
 through death he might destroy him that had the power of death,
 that is, the devil;
2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their
 lifetime subject to bondage.
2:16 For verily he took not on [him the nature of] angels; but
 he took on [him] the seed of Abraham.
2:17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto
 [his] brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high
 priest in things [pertaining] to God, to make reconciliation
 for the sins of the people.
2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is
 able to succour them that are tempted.
3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling,
 consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ
 Jesus;
3:2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses
 [was faithful] in all his house.
3:3 For this [man] was counted worthy of more glory than Moses,
 inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than
 the house.
3:4 For every house is builded by some [man]; but he that built
 all things [is] God.
3:5 And Moses verily [was] faithful in all his house, as a
 servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be
 spoken after;
3:6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we,
 if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope
 firm unto the end.
3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear
 his voice,
3:8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of
 temptation in the wilderness:
3:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works
 forty years.
3:10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said,
 They do alway err in [their] heart; and they have not known my
 ways.
3:11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil
 heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day;
 lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the
 beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
3:15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden
 not your hearts, as in the provocation.
3:16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all
 that came out of Egypt by Moses.
3:17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? [was it] not with
 them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
3:18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his
 rest, but to them that believed not?
3:19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left [us] of
 entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of
 it.
4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them:
 but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with
 faith in them that heard [it].
4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said,
 As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest:
 although the works were finished from the foundation of the
 world.
4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh [day] on this
 wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
4:5 And in this [place] again, If they shall enter into my rest.
4:6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein,
 and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because
 of unbelief:
4:7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day,
 after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his
 voice, harden not your hearts.
4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not
 afterward have spoken of another day.
4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased
 from his own works, as God [did] from his.
4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any
 man fall after the same example of unbelief.
4:12 For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper
 than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder
 of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a
 discerner of th