Hebrews 13

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Continue to love each other like brothers,	1 Let mutual love continue.
2 and remember always to welcome strangers, for by doing this, some people have entertained angelswithout knowing it.	2 Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels.
3 Keep in mind those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; and those who arebeing badly treated, since you too are in the body.	3 Be mindful of prisoners as if sharing their imprisonment, and of the ill-treated as of yourselves, for you also are in the body.
4 Marriage must be honoured by al , and marriages must be kept undefiled, because the sexuallyimmoral and adulterers wil come under God's judgement.	4 Let marriage be honored among all and the marriage bed be kept undefiled, for God will judge the immoral and adulterers.
5 Put avarice out of your lives and be content with whatever you have; God himself has said: I shal notfail you or desert you,	5 Let your life be free from love of money but be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never forsake you or abandon you."
6 and so we can say with confidence: With the Lord on my side, I fear nothing: what can human beingsdo to me?	6 Thus we may say with confidence: "The Lord is my helper, (and) I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?"
7 Remember your leaders, who preached the word of God to you, and as you reflect on the outcome oftheir lives, take their faith as your model.	7 Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
8 Jesus Christ is the same today as he was yesterday and as he wil be for ever.	8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
9 Do not be led astray by al sorts of strange doctrines: it is better to rely on grace for inner strength thanon food, which has done no good to those who concentrate on it.	9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teaching. It is good to have our hearts strengthened by grace and not by foods, which do not benefit those who live by them.
10 We have our own altar from which those who serve the Tent have no right to eat.	10 We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.
11 The bodies of the animals whose blood is taken into the sanctuary by the high priest for the rite ofexpiation are burnt outside the camp,	11 The bodies of the animals whose blood the high priest brings into the sanctuary as a sin offering are burned outside the camp.
12 and so Jesus too suffered outside the gate to sanctify the people with his own blood.	12 Therefore, Jesus also suffered outside the gate, to consecrate the people by his own blood.
13 Let us go to him, then, outside the camp, and bear his humiliation.	13 Let us then go to him outside the camp, bearing the reproach that he bore.
14 There is no permanent city for us here; we are looking for the one which is yet to be.	14 For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the one that is to come.
15 Through him, let us offer God an unending sacrifice of praise, the fruit of the lips of those whoacknowledge his name.	15 Through him (then) let us continually offer God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.
16 Keep doing good works and sharing your resources, for these are the kinds of sacrifice that pleaseGod.	16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have; God is pleased by sacrifices of that kind.
17 Obey your leaders and give way to them; they watch over your souls because they must give anaccount of them; make this a joy for them to do, and not a grief -- you yourselves would be the losers.	17 Obey your leaders and defer to them, for they keep watch over you and will have to give an account, that they may fulfill their task with joy and not with sorrow, for that would be of no advantage to you.
18 Pray for us; we are sure that our own conscience is clear and we are certainly determined to behavehonourably in everything we do.	18 Pray for us, for we are confident that we have a clear conscience, wishing to act rightly in every respect.
19 I ask you very particularly to pray that I may come back to you all the sooner.	19 I especially ask for your prayers that I may be restored to you very soon.
20 I pray that the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd ofthe sheep, by the blood that sealed an eternal covenant,	20 May the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep by the blood of the eternal covenant, Jesus our Lord,
21 may prepare you to do his wil in every kind of good action; effecting in us al whatever is acceptableto himself through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.	21 furnish you with all that is good, that you may do his will. May he carry out in you what is pleasing to him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever (and ever). Amen.
22 I urge you, brothers, to take these words of encouragement kindly; that is why I have written to youbriefly.	22 Brothers, I ask you to bear with this message of encouragement, for I have written to you rather briefly.
23 I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he arrives in time, he will be with mewhen I see you.	23 I must let you know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he comes soon, I shall see you together with him.
24 Greetings to al your leaders and to al God's holy people. God's holy people in Italy send yougreetings.	24 Greetings to all your leaders and to all the holy ones. Those from Italy send you greetings.
25 Grace be with you al .	25 Grace be with all of you.