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23 Here you will find all of God's dearest children,[a] whose names are written in heaven. And you will find God himself, who judges everyone. Here also are the spirits of those good people who have been made perfect. 24 (A) And Jesus is here! He is the one who makes God's new agreement with us, and his sprinkled blood says much better things than the blood of Abel.[b]

25 (B) Make sure you obey the one who speaks to you. The people did not escape, when they refused to obey the one who spoke to them at Mount Sinai. Do you think you can possibly escape, if you refuse to obey the one who speaks to you from heaven?

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Footnotes

  1. 12.23 all of God's dearest children: The Greek text has “the gathering of the first-born children” (see the note at 1.6).
  2. 12.24 blood of Abel: Cain and Abel were the two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain murdered Abel (see Genesis 4.1-16).

23 to the church of the firstborn,(A) whose names are written in heaven.(B) You have come to God, the Judge of all,(C) to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,(D) 24 to Jesus the mediator(E) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood(F) that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.(G)

25 See to it that you do not refuse(H) him who speaks.(I) If they did not escape when they refused him who warned(J) them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?(K)

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