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# Hebrews 10

Hebrews 10 is chapter 10 of 13 in the Letter to the Hebrews. Here are all 39 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Because of the insufficiency of the sacrifices of the law, Christ our high priest shed his own blood for us, offering up once for all the sacrifice of our redemption. He exhorts them to perseverance.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## Hebrews 10 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. For the law contains the shadow of future good things, not the very image of these things. So, by the very same sacrifices which they offer ceaselessly each year, they can never cause these to approach perfection.
2. Otherwise, they would have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, once cleansed, would no longer be conscious of any sin.
3. Instead, in these things, a commemoration of sins is made every year.
4. For it is impossible for sins to be taken away by the blood of oxen and goats.
5. For this reason, as Christ enters into the world, he says: “Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have fashioned a body for me.
6. Holocausts for sin were not pleasing to you.
7. Then I said, ‘Behold, I draw near.’ At the head of the book, it has been written of me that I should do your will, O God.”
8. In the above, by saying, “Sacrifices, and oblations, and holocausts for sin, you did not want, nor are those things pleasing to you, which are offered according to the law;
9. then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,’” he takes away the first, so that he may establish what follows.
10. For by this will, we have been sanctified, through the one time oblation of the body of Jesus Christ.
11. And certainly, every priest stands by, ministering daily, and frequently offering the same sacrifices, which are never able to take away sins.
12. But this man, offering one sacrifice for sins, sits at the right hand of God forever,
13. awaiting that time when his enemies will be made his footstool.
14. For, by one oblation, he has brought to fulfillment, for all time, those who are sanctified.
15. Now the Holy Spirit also testifies for us about this. For afterward, he said:
16. “And this is the testament which I will commit to them after those days, says the Lord. I will instill my laws in their hearts, and I will inscribe my laws on their minds.
17. And I will no longer remember their sins and iniquities.”
18. Now, when there is a remission of these things, there is no longer an oblation for sin.
19. And so, brothers, have faith in the entrance into the Holy of Holies by the blood of Christ,
20. and in the new and living Way, which he has initiated for us by the veil, that is, by his flesh,
21. and in the Great Priest over the house of God.
22. So, let us draw near with a true heart, in the fullness of faith, having hearts cleansed from an evil conscience, and bodies absolved with clean water.
23. Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope, without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.
24. And let us be considerate of one another, so as to prompt ourselves to charity and to good works,
25. not deserting our assembly, as some are accustomed to do, but consoling one another, and even more so as you see that the day is approaching.
26. For if we sin willingly, after receiving knowledge of the truth, there is no sacrifice remaining for sins,
27. but instead, a certain terrible expectation of judgment, and the rage of a fire that shall consume its adversaries.
28. If someone dies for acting against the law of Moses, and is shown no compassion because of two or three witnesses,
29. how much more, do you think, someone would deserve worse punishments, if he has tread upon the Son of God, and has treated the blood of the testament, by which he was sanctified, as unclean, and has acted with disgrace toward the Spirit of grace?
30. For we know that he has said: “Vengeance is mine, and I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
31. It is dreadful to fall into the hands of the living God.
32. But call to mind the former days, in which, after being enlightened, you endured a great struggle of afflictions.
33. And certainly, in one way, by insults and tribulations, you were made a spectacle, but in another way, you became the companions of those who were the object of such behavior.
34. For you even had compassion on those who were imprisoned, and you accepted with gladness being deprived of your goods, knowing that you have a better and more lasting substance.
35. And so, do not lose your confidence, which has a great reward.
36. For it is necessary for you to be patient, so that, by doing the will of God, you may receive the promise.
37. “For, in a little while, and somewhat longer, he who is to come will return, and he will not delay.
38. For my just man lives by faith. But if he were to draw himself back, he would not please my soul.”
39. So then, we are not sons who are drawn away to perdition, but we are sons of faith toward the securing of the soul.

## Hebrews 10 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. Umbram enim habens lex futurorum bonorum, non ipsam imaginem rerum: per singulos annos, eisdem ipsis hostiis quas offerunt indesinenter, numquam potest accedentes perfectos facere:
2. alioquin cessassent offerri: ideo quod nullam haberent ultra conscientiam peccati, cultores semel mundati:
3. sed in ipsis commemoratio peccatorum per singulos annos fit.
4. Impossibile enim est sanguine taurorum et hircorum auferri peccata.
5. Ideo ingrediens mundum dicit: Hostiam et oblationem noluisti: corpus autem aptasti mihi:
6. holocautomata pro peccato non tibi placuerunt.
7. Tunc dixi: Ecce venio: in capite libri scriptum est de me: Ut faciam, Deus, voluntatem tuam.
8. Superius dicens: Quia hostias, et oblationes, et holocautomata pro peccato noluisti, nec placita sunt tibi, quæ secundum legem offeruntur,
9. tunc dixi: Ecce venio, ut faciam, Deus, voluntatem tuam: aufert primum, ut sequens statuat.
10. In qua voluntate sanctificati sumus per oblationem corporis Jesu Christi semel.
11. Et omnis quidem sacerdos præsto est quotidie ministrans, et easdem sæpe offerens hostias, quæ numquam possunt auferre peccata:
12. hic autem unam pro peccatis offerens hostiam, in sempiternum sedet in dextera Dei,
13. de cetero exspectans donec ponantur inimici ejus scabellum pedum ejus.
14. Una enim oblatione, consummavit in sempiternum sanctificatos.
15. Contestatur autem nos et Spiritus Sanctus. Postquam enim dixit:
16. Hoc autem testamentum, quod testabor ad illos post dies illos, dicit Dominus, dando leges meas in cordibus eorum, et in mentibus eorum superscribam eas:
17. et peccatorum, et iniquitatum eorum jam non recordabor amplius.
18. Ubi autem horum remissio: jam non est oblatio pro peccato.
19. Habentes itaque, fratres, fiduciam in introitu sanctorum in sanguine Christi,
20. quam initiavit nobis viam novam, et viventem per velamen, id est, carnem suam,
21. et sacerdotem magnum super domum Dei:
22. accedamus cum vero corde in plenitudine fidei, aspersi corda a conscientia mala, et abluti corpus aqua munda,
23. teneamus spei nostræ confessionem indeclinabilem (fidelis enim est qui repromisit),
24. et consideremus invicem in provocationem caritatis, et bonorum operum:
25. non deserentes collectionem nostram, sicut consuetudinis est quibusdam, sed consolantes, et tanto magis quanto videritis appropinquantem diem.
26. Voluntarie enim peccantibus nobis post acceptam notitiam veritatis, jam non relinquitur pro peccatis hostia,
27. terribilis autem quædam exspectatio judicii, et ignis æmulatio, quæ consumptura est adversarios.
28. Irritam quis faciens legem Moysi, sine ulla miseratione duobus vel tribus testibus moritur:
29. quanto magis putatis deteriora mereri supplicia qui Filium Dei conculcaverit, et sanguinem testamenti pollutum duxerit, in quo sanctificatus est, et spiritui gratiæ contumeliam fecerit?
30. Scimus enim qui dixit: Mihi vindicta, et ego retribuam. Et iterum: Quia judicabit Dominus populum suum.
31. Horrendum est incidere in manus Dei viventis.
32. Rememoramini autem pristinos dies, in quibus illuminati, magnum certamen sustinuistis passionum:
33. et in altero quidem opprobriis et tribulationibus spectaculum facti: in altero autem socii taliter conversantium effecti.
34. Nam et vinctis compassi estis, et rapinam bonorum vestrorum cum gaudio suscepistis, cognoscentes vos habere meliorem et manentem substantiam.
35. Nolite itaque amittere confidentiam vestram, quæ magnam habet remunerationem.
36. Patientia enim vobis necessaria est: ut voluntatem Dei facientes, reportetis promissionem.
37. Adhuc enim modicum aliquantulum, qui venturus est, veniet, et non tardabit.
38. Justus autem meus ex fide vivit: quod si subtraxerit se, non placebit animæ meæ.
39. Nos autem non sumus subtractionis filii in perditionem, sed fidei in acquisitionem animæ.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 128: The Canon of Scripture ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 462: The Son of God Became Man ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 488: "Conceived By the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 606: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2568: In the Old Testament ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2824: "Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It is in Heaven" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 614: Jesus Died Crucified ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1544: The Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Economy of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 64: The Stages of Revelation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1137: Who Celebrates? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2778: "We Dare To Say" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1817: The Theological Virtues ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2178: The Lord's Day ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 679: To Judge the Living and the Dead ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1216: What is This Sacrament Called? ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2826: "Thy Will Be Done on Earth as It is in Heaven" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## Bishop Challoner's notes

Bp. Richard Challoner, notes on the Douay-Rheims (1750); they comment on its older wording.
- Verse 2: “They would have ceased” … If they had been of themselves perfect to all the intents of redemption and remission, as Christ's death is there would have been no occasion of so often repeating them: as there is no occasion for Christ's dying any more for our sins.
- Verse 18: Where there is a full remission of sins, as in baptism, there is no more occasion for a sin offering to be made for such sins already remitted; and as for sins committed afterwards, they can only be remitted in virtue of the one oblation of Christ's death.
- Verse 26: He speaks of the sin of wilful apostasy from the known truth; after which, as we can not be baptized again, we can not expect to have that abundant remission of sins, which Christ purchased by his death, applied to our souls in that ample manner as it is in baptism: but we have rather all manner of reason to look for a dreadful judgment; the more because apostates from the known truth, seldom or never have the grace to return to it.

## Read at Mass (US)

- Wed, Jan 27, 2027: Wednesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time — First Reading, Hebrews 10:11-18
- Thu, Jan 28, 2027: St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church — First Reading, Hebrews 10:19-25
- Fri, Jan 29, 2027: Friday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time — First Reading, Hebrews 10:32-39
- Mon, Apr 5, 2027: Annunciation of the Lord — Second Reading, Hebrews 10:4-10

3 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option).

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).