Hebrews 10:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁴ For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Because the blood of bulls and goats is powerless to take sins away.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.

Common English Bible

⁴ because it’s impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ For it is impossible for sins to be taken away by the blood of oxen and goats.

Hebrews 10:4 Cross References

Hebrews 10:11

And every priest indeed standeth day by day ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, the which can never take away sins:

1 John 3:5

And ye know that he was manifested to take away sins; and in him is no sin.

Romans 11:27

And this is my covenant unto them, When I shall take away their sins.

Hebrews 10:8

Saying above, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein (the which are offered according to the law),

Hebrews 9:9

which is a parable for the time now present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect,

John 1:29

On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world!

Mark 12:33

and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Hosea 6:6

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Psalm 51:16

For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt offering.

Hosea 14:2

Take with you words, and return unto the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render as bullocks the offering of our lips.

Jeremiah 6:20

To what purpose cometh there to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing unto me.

Isaiah 66:3

He that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as he that breaketh a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as he that offereth swine's blood; he that burneth frankincense, as he that blesseth an idol: yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations;

Hebrews 10:1

For the law having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things, they can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh.