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¶ but now a more excellent ministry is his, in that he is the mediator of a better testament, which was established upon better promises.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place should have been sought for the second.

For finding fault with them, he said, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new testament with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

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But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant(A) of which he is mediator(B) is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.(C) But God found fault with the people and said[a]:

“The days are coming, declares the Lord,
    when I will make a new covenant(D)
with the people of Israel
    and with the people of Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 8:8 Some manuscripts may be translated fault and said to the people.