14 gaano pa kayang higit na malilinis ng dugo ni Cristo, na siyang naghandog ng kaniyang sarili na walang kapintasan sa Diyos sa pamamagitan ng walang hanggang Espiritu, ang inyong budhi mula sa mga patay na gawa upang maglingkod sa Diyos na buhay.15 At dahil dito, siya ang tagapamagitan ng bagong tipan upang sila na mga tinawag ay makatanggap ng pangako ng walang hanggang mana dahil sa kaganapan ng kaniyang kamatayan para sa katubusan ng mga lumabag sa unang tipan.16 Sapagkat kung saan naroroon ang isang tipan, siya na gumawa ng tipan ay kinakailangang mamatay17 dahil ang tipan ay may bisa pagkamatay ng mga tao yamang ito ay walang bisa habang nabubuhay pa ang taong gumawa ng tipan.18 Kaya, kahit ang unang tipan ay hindi naitalaga na walang dugo.19 Sapagkat nang naipahayag ni Moises sa buong bayan ang bawat tuntunin ayon sa kautusan, dinala niya ang dugo ng mga guya at ng mga kambing na may kahalong tubig at ng pulang balahibo ng tupa at sanga ng hisopo at winisikan niya mismo ang aklat ng Kasulatan at ang buong bayan,20 na sinasabi, “Ito ang dugo ng tipan na iniutos ng Diyos para sa inyo.” Exo 24:821 Gayundin naman, winisikan niya ng dugo ang tabernakulo at lahat ng mga sisidlang ginagamit sa paglilingkod.22 At ayon sa kautusan, halos ang lahat ng mga bagay ay nalilinis sa pamamagitan ng dugo at kung walang pagkabuhos ng dugo ay walang kapatawaran.23 Kaya nga, ang mga halimbawa ng mga bagay sa kalangitan ay kailangang malinisan ng mga ito, ngunit ang mga makalangit na bagay mismo ay nililinis ng mga haing lalong mabuti kaysa sa mga ito.24 Sapagkat si Cristo ay hindi pumasok sa banal na dako na ginawa ng mga kamay, na mga totoong larawan niyaong tunay, kundi sa langit mismo upang magpakita ngayon sa harapan ng Diyos alang-alang sa atin,
John 3
1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?”5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”9 Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?”10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?13 No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.16 “For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”
