Hebrews 10:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ because it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ For it is impossible that with the blood of oxen and goats sin should be taken away.

Hebrews 10:4 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 51:16

You don’t really want sacrifices. {\cf2\super [305]} \par So why should I give sacrifices\par that you don’t even want!\par

Isaiah 66:3

Some people kill bulls \{as a sacrifice\},\par but they also beat people.\par Those people kill sheep as a sacrifice,\par but they also break the necks of dogs!\par Those people offer up grain offerings,\par but they also offer the blood of pigs! {\cf2\super [475]} \par Those people burn incense, {\cf2\super [476]} \par but they also love their worthless idols. {\cf2\super [477]} \par Those people choose their own ways.\par And they also love their terrible idols.\par

Jeremiah 6:20

\{The Lord says,\}\par “Why do you bring me incense {\cf2\super [43]} \par from the country of Sheba? {\cf2\super [44]} \par Why do you bring me sweet-smelling cane from a far away country?\par Your burnt offerings don’t make\par me happy.\par Your sacrifices don’t please me.”\par

Hosea 14:2

Think about the things you will say. And come back to the Lord. Say to him,

Hosea 6:6

Why? Because I want faithful love,\par not sacrifice,\par \{I want people\} to know God,\par not \{to bring\} burnt offerings.\par

Mark 12:33

And a person must love God with all his heart, all his mind, and all his strength. And a person must love other people the same as he loves himself. These commands are more important than all the animals and sacrifices we offer to God.”

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look, the Lamb of God. {\cf2\super [21]} He takes away the sins of the world!

Romans 11:27

And I will make this agreement with\par those people\par when I take away their sins.”\par \i (Isaiah 59:20-21; 27:9)\i0 \par

Hebrews 10:1

The law {\cf2\super [119]} gave us only an unclear picture of the good things coming in the future. The law is not a perfect picture of the real things. The law tells people to offer the same sacrifices {\cf2\super [120]} every year. The people who come to worship God continue to offer those sacrifices. But the law can never make those people perfect.

Hebrews 10:11

Every day the priests stand and do their religious service. Again and again the priests offer the same sacrifices. {\cf2\super [127]} But those sacrifices can never take away sins.

Hebrews 10:8

\{In this Scripture {\cf2\super [123]} \} he (Christ) first said, “You don’t want sacrifices {\cf2\super [124]} and offerings. You are not pleased with animals killed and burned or with sacrifices to take away sin.” (These are all sacrifices that the law {\cf2\super [125]} commands.)

Hebrews 9:9

This is an example for us today. This shows that the gifts and sacrifices {\cf2\super [103]} that were offered to God were not able to fully cleanse the person who was worshiping God. Those sacrifices could not make that person perfect in his heart.

1 John 3:5

You know that Christ came to take away people’s sins. There is no sin in Christ.