rsv Hebrews:8:6-13 SEEK
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But as it is ,
Christ has obtained a ministry which is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better ,
since it is enacted on better promises .
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For if that first covenant had been faultless ,
there would have been no occasion for a second .
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For he finds fault with them when he says : "
The days will come ,
says the Lord ,
when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah ;
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not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt ;
for they did not continue in my covenant ,
and so I paid no heed to them ,
says the Lord .
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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 ,
and I will be their God ,
and they shall be my people .
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And they shall not teach every one his fellow or every one his brother ,
saying , `
Know the Lord ,'
for all shall know me ,
from the least of them to the greatest .
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For I will be merciful toward their iniquities ,
and I will remember their sins no more ."
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In speaking of a new covenant he treats the first as obsolete .
And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away .