“Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.

For people ¹  swear by something greater than themselves, ²  and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute. ³ 

where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. ¹ 

Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer ¹  the gifts prescribed by the law.

And above the ark ¹  were the cherubim ²  of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail.

Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

And he did not enter to offer ¹  himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,

But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, ¹  “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” ²  you are doing well.

Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,

So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good. ¹ 

yet even ¹  angels, who are much more powerful, ²  do not bring a slanderous ³  judgment against them before the Lord. ⁴ 

But, according to his promise, we are waiting for ¹  new heavens and a new earth, in which ²  righteousness truly resides. ³ 

For they said to you, “In the end time there will come ¹  scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires.” ² 

“Blessed are you when people ¹  insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely ²  on account of me.

So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, ¹  they followed him on foot from the towns. ² 

And after he sent the crowds away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

Six days later ¹  Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, ²  and led them privately up a high mountain.

Then the disciples came ¹  to Jesus privately and said, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?”

Then some Pharisees ¹  came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful ²  to divorce a wife for any cause?” ³