Hebrews 10:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Cross References

Hebrews 10:11

Every priest stands day after day ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins.

1 John 3:5

You know that he was revealed so that he might take away sins,  , and there is no sin in him.

Romans 11:27

And this will be my covenant with them   , when I take away their sins.   ,

Hebrews 10:8

After he says above, You did not desire or delight in sacrifices and offerings, whole burnt offerings and sin offerings (which are offered according to the law  ),

Hebrews 9:9

This is a symbol for the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshipper’s conscience.

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and said, ‘Look, the Lamb of God,  who takes away the sin  of the world!

Mark 12:33

And to love  him with all your heart, with all your understanding,  and with all your strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.’

Hosea 6:6

For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God  rather than burnt offerings.

Hosea 14:2

Take words of repentance with you and return to the  Lord. Say to him, ‘Forgive all our iniquity and accept what is good, so that we may repay you with praise  from our   lips.

Jeremiah 6:20

What use to me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane  from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please me.

Isaiah 66:3

One person slaughters an ox, another kills a person; one person sacrifices a lamb, another breaks a dog’s neck; one person offers a grain offering, another offers pig’s blood; one person offers incense, another praises an idol – all these have chosen their ways and delight in their abhorrent practices.

Hebrews 10:1

Since the law has only a shadow of the good things  to come, and not the reality itself of those things, it can never perfect the worshippers by the same sacrifices they continually offer year after year.