¶ Wherefore, holy¹ brethren, partakers² of the heavenly³ calling, consider⁴ the Apostle⁵ and⁶ High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

Who was faithful⁷ to him that appointed⁸ him, as⁹ also Moses was faithful in all¹⁰ his house.

For this¹¹ man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who¹² hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.

For every house is builded by some man; but¹³ he that built all things is God.

And Moses verily was faithful¹⁴ in all his house, as¹⁵ a servant, for¹⁶ a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

But Christ as¹⁷ a son over his own house; whose¹⁸ house are we, if¹⁹ we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing²⁰ of the hope firm unto the end.

¶ Wherefore (as²¹ the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear²³ his voice,

Harden²⁴ not your hearts, as²⁵ in the provocation, in the day of²⁶ temptation in the wilderness:

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and²⁷ saw my works forty²⁸ years.

¶ Wherefore I was²⁹ grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err³⁰ in their heart; and they have³¹ not known my ways.

So I sware³² in my wrath, They shall not enter³³ into my rest.)

Take³⁴ heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an³⁵ evil heart of unbelief, in³⁶ departing from the³⁷ living God.

But exhort³⁸ one another daily³⁹, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness⁴⁰ of sin.

For we are⁴¹ made partakers of Christ, if⁴² we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

While it is said, To day⁴³ if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

For some⁴⁴, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not⁴⁵ all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it⁴⁷ not with them that had sinned, whose⁴⁸ carcases fell in the wilderness?

And to whom⁴⁹ sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but⁵⁰ to them that believed not?

⁵¹So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.