8 Christ first said, “You don’t want sacrifices and offerings. You are not pleased with animals killed and burned or with sacrifices to take away sin.” (These are all sacrifices that the law commands.)
9 Then he said, “Here I am, God. I have come to do what you want.” So God ends that first system of sacrifices and starts his new way.
10 Jesus Christ did the things God wanted him to do. And because of that, we are made holy through the sacrifice of Christ’s body. Christ made that sacrifice one time—enough for all time.
11 Every day the priests stand and do their religious service. Again and again they offer the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
12 But Christ offered only one sacrifice for sins, and that sacrifice is good for all time. Then he sat down at the right side of God.
13 And now Christ waits there for his enemies to be put under his power.
14 With one sacrifice Christ made his people perfect forever. They are the ones who are being made holy.