3Hebrews 3

Jesus Is Greater than Moses

1My friends, God has chosen you to be his holy people. So think about Jesus, the one we call our apostle and high priest!Select Hebrews 3:1

2Jesus was faithful to God, who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in serving all God's people.Select Hebrews 3:2

3But Jesus deserves more honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves more honor than the house.Select Hebrews 3:3

4Of course, every house is built by someone, and God is really the one who built everything.Select Hebrews 3:4

5Moses was a faithful servant and told God's people what would be said in the future.Select Hebrews 3:5

6But Christ is the Son in charge of God's people. And we are those people, if we keep on being brave and don't lose hope.Select Hebrews 3:6

A Rest for God's People

7It is just as the Holy Spirit says, “If you hear God's voice today,Select Hebrews 3:7

8don't be stubborn! Don't rebel like those people who were tested in the desert. *Select Hebrews 3:8

9For forty years your ancestors tested God and saw the things he did.Select Hebrews 3:9

10“Then God got tired of them and said, ‘You people never show good sense, and you don't understand what I want you to do.’Select Hebrews 3:10

11God became angry and told the people, ‘You will never enter my place of rest!’ ”Select Hebrews 3:11

12My friends, watch out! Don't let evil thoughts or doubts make any of you turn from the living God.Select Hebrews 3:12

13You must encourage one another each day. And you must keep on while there is still a time that can be called “today.” If you don't, then sin may fool some of you and make you stubborn.Select Hebrews 3:13

14We were sure about Christ when we first became his people. So let's hold tightly to our faith until the end.Select Hebrews 3:14

15The Scriptures say, “If you hear his voice today, don't be stubborn like those who rebelled.”Select Hebrews 3:15

16Who were those people that heard God's voice and rebelled? Weren't they the same ones that came out of Egypt with Moses?Select Hebrews 3:16

17Who were the people that made God angry for 40 years? Weren't they the ones that sinned and died in the desert?Select Hebrews 3:17

18And who did God say would never enter his place of rest? Weren't they the ones that disobeyed him?Select Hebrews 3:18

19We see that those people did not enter the place of rest because they did not have faith.Select Hebrews 3:19