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.’
Hebrews 10:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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 ), Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When He said just before, You have neither desired, nor have You taken delight in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings–all of which are offered according to the Law– American Standard Version (1901) 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), Common English Bible He says above, “You didn’t want ”and “you weren’t pleased with a sacrifice or an offering ”or “with entirely burned offerings or a purification offering,” which are offered because the Law requires them. Catholic Public Domain Version In the above, by saying, "Sacrifices, and oblations, and holocausts for sin, you did not want, nor are those things pleasing to you, which are offered according to the law; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version In saying before, Sacrifices, and oblations, and holocausts for sin thou wouldest not, neither are they pleasing to thee, which are offered according to the law. |
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.’
For what the law could not do since it was weakened by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh as a sin offering, ,
Therefore, as he was coming into the world, he said: You did not desire sacrifice and offering, but you prepared a body for me.