But Christ came [as] a High Priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.

"We heard Him saying, 'I will destroy this temple made with hands, and after three days I will build another [one] not made with hands.'"

Jesus answered and said to them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."

But He was speaking about the temple of His body.

which [was] symbolic for the present time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices are being offered, which are not able, in respect to conscience, to make perfect the [one] performing the service,

Therefore it [was] necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens to be continually purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves by better sacrifices than these.

a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord set up, and not man.

who being the effulgence of His glory and the exact expression of His substance, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

where the Forerunner has entered in behalf of us, [even] Jesus, having become a High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, innocent, undefiled, having been separated from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens;

a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord set up, and not man.

who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses had been warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle, for He says, "See, you shall make all things according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain."

looking unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured [the] cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive, You have received gifts among men, yea, for [they were] rebellious, that You might dwell among them.

So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

And it happened, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and was carried up into heaven.

What then if you should see the Son of Man ascending where He was before?

I came forth from the Father and I have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and I am going to the Father."

Now after He said these things, while they were beholding [Him], He was lifted up, and a cloud withdrew Him from their sight.

who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This [same] Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you watched Him go into heaven."

whom it is necessary [for] heaven to receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.

which He worked in Christ, having raised Him from the dead, and seated [Him] at His right hand in the heavenlies,

And He subjected all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,

Therefore He says: "When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men."

He that descended, He is also the [One] who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.

Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

who having gone into heaven, is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers being subjected to Him.

Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those coming to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod, for they are memorial stones for the children of Israel; and Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel before the Lord on his two shoulders, as a memorial for them.

And Aaron shall take the names of the children of Israel on the breastplate of judgment on his breast, a memorial before God for him as he goes into the sanctuary. And you shall put the fringes on the breastplate of judgment; you shall put the wreaths on both sides of the breastplate, and you shall put the two circlets on both the shoulders of the ephod in front.

And the Lord showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and the Devil stood on his right hand to resist him.

Who shall bring an accusation against God's elect? It is God who justifies.

My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. And if someone should sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not only concerning ours, but also concerning [those] of the whole world.

Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. And much incense was given to him, so that he could offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which is before the throne.