Hebrews 8:8

New International Reader's Version

But God found fault with the people. He said, “The days are coming, announces the Lord. I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel. I will also make it with the people of Judah.

Cross References

Isaiah 55:3

Listen and come to me. Pay attention to me. Then you will live. I will make a covenant with you that will last forever. I will give you my faithful love. I promised it to David.

Jeremiah 23:5

“A new day is coming,” announces the Lord. “At that time I will raise up for David’s royal line a godly Branch. He will be a King who will rule wisely. He will do what is fair and right in the land.

Jeremiah 23:7

Other days are also coming,” announces the Lord. “At that time people will no longer say, ‘The Lord brought the Israelites up out of Egypt. And that’s just as sure as he is alive.’

Jeremiah 30:3

A new day is coming,’ ” announces the Lord. “ ‘At that time I will bring my people Israel and Judah back from where they have been taken as prisoners. I will bring them back to this land. I gave it to their people of long ago to have as their own,’ ” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:27

Here is what the Lord announces. “The days are coming when I will plant the kingdoms of Israel and Judah again. I will plant them with children and young animals.

Jeremiah 31:38

“The days are coming,” announces the Lord. “At that time Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me. It will be rebuilt from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

Jeremiah 32:40

I will make a covenant with them that will last forever. I promise that I will never stop doing good to them. I will cause them to respect me. Then they will never turn away from me again.

Ezekiel 37:26

I will make a covenant with them. It promises to give them peace. The covenant will last forever. I will make them my people. And I will cause there to be many of them. I will put my temple among them forever.

Matthew 26:28

This is my blood of the covenant. It is poured out to forgive the sins of many people.

Mark 14:24

“This is my blood of the covenant,” he said to them. “It is poured out for many.

Luke 17:22

Then Jesus spoke to his disciples. “The time is coming,” he said, “when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man. But you won’t see it.

Luke 22:20

In the same way, after the supper he took the cup. He said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. It is poured out for you.

Luke 5:38

No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins.

1 Corinthians 11:25

In the same way, after supper he took the cup. He said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Every time you drink it, do it in memory of me.”

2 Corinthians 3:6

He has given us the power to serve under a new covenant. The covenant is not based on the written Law of Moses. It comes from the Holy Spirit. The written Law kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Deuteronomy 29:14

I’m making this covenant and the promise that goes along with it. I’m making this covenant with you.

Hebrews 12:24

You have come to Jesus. He is the go-between of a new covenant. You have come to the sprinkled blood. It promises better things than the blood of Abel.

Hebrews 7:22

Because God gave his word, Jesus makes certain the promise of a better covenant.

Hebrews 8:13

God called this covenant “new.” So he has done away with the first one. And what is out of date and has been done away with will soon disappear.

Hebrews 8:6

But Jesus has been given a greater work to do for God. He is the go-between for the new covenant. This covenant is better than the old one. The new covenant is based on better promises.

Hebrews 9:15

That’s why Christ is the go-between of a new covenant. Now those God calls to himself will receive the eternal gift he promised. They will receive it now that Christ has died to save them. He died to set them free from the sins they committed under the first covenant.