Hebreus 8

6 But Jesus has now obtained a superior ministry, and to that degree he is the mediator  * 8:6 Jb 33:23; Is 29:1; Gl 3:19–20; 1Tm 2:5; Heb 9:15; 12:24 of a better covenant,  * 8:6 Heb 7:22; 9:15; 12:24; 13:20 which has been established on better promises.  * 8:6 Lk 22:20; 2Co 3:6,8

A Superior Covenant

7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second one. 8 But finding fault with his people,  * 8:8 Lit with them he says:  * 8:8 Other mss read finding fault, he says to them

See, the days are coming, says the Lord,

when I will make a new covenant

with the house of Israel

and with the house of Judah —

9 not like the covenant

that I made with their ancestors

on the day I took them by the hand

to lead them out of the land of Egypt.

I showed no concern for them, says the Lord,

because they did not continue in my covenant.

10 For this is the covenant

that I will make with the house of Israel

after those days, says the Lord:

I will put my laws into their minds

and write them on their hearts.

I will be their God,

and they will be my people.* 8:10 Zch 8:8; 2Co 3:3; Heb 10:16

11 And each person will not teach his fellow citizen,* 8:11 Other mss read neighbor

and each his brother or sister, saying, "Know the Lord,"

because they will all know me,

from the least to the greatest of them.* 8:11 Is 54:13; Jn 6:45; 1Jn 2:27

12 For I will forgive their wrongdoing,

and I will never again remember their sins.* 8:12 Other mss add and their lawless deeds,* 8:8–12 Jr 31:31–34,* 8:12 Jr 31:31–34; Rm 11:27; Heb 10:17

13 By saying a new covenant, he has declared that the first is obsolete. And what is obsolete and growing old is about to pass away.  * 8:13 2Co 5:17