Jesus, Greater Than Moses

Hebrews 3

Jesus Greater Than Moses

 Therefore, holy brothers,1 you who share in ra heavenly calling, consider Jesus,sthe apostle and high priest of our confession, 2 who was faithful to him whoappointed him, tjust as Moses also was faithful in all God’s2 house. 3 For Jesus hasbeen counted worthy of more glory than Moses—as much more glory as the builder ofa house has more honor than the house itself. 4 (For every house is built by someone,but uthe builder of all things is God.) 5 vNow Moses was faithful in all God’s house wasa servant, xto testify to the things that were to be spoken later, 6 but Christ is faithfulover God’s house as ya son. And zwe are his house, if indeed we ahold fast ourconfidence and our boasting in our hope.3

A Rest for the People of God

7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,

b“Today, if you hear his voice,

8  do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,

on the day of testing in the wilderness,

9  where your fathers put me to the test

and saw my works for cforty years.

10  Therefore I was provoked with that generation,

and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart;

they have not known my ways.’

11  dAs I swore in my wrath,

‘They shall not enter my rest.’”

12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading youto fall away from ethe living God. 13 But fexhort one another every day, as long as it iscalled “today,” that none of you may be hardened by gthe deceitfulness of sin. 14 For wehave come to share in Christ, hif indeed we hold our original confidence firm to theend. 15 As it is said,

b“Today, if you hear his voice,

do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

16 For iwho were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not jall those who leftEgypt led by Moses? 17 And with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was it notwith those who sinned, kwhose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did heswear that lthey would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient? 19 So wesee that mthey were unable to enter because of unbelief.

(ESV)