| 3:1 | So, my dear Christian friends, companions in following this call to the heights, take a good hard look at Jesus. He's the centerpiece of everything we believe, |
| 3:2 | faithful in everything God gave him to do. Moses was also faithful, |
| 3:3 | but Jesus gets far more honor. A builder is more valuable than a building any day. |
| 3:4 | Every house has a builder, but the Builder behind them all is God. |
| 3:5 | Moses did a good job in God's house, but it was all servant work, getting things ready for what was to come. |
| 3:6 | Christ as Son is in charge of the house. Now, if we can only keep a firm grip on this bold confidence, we're the house! |
| 3:7 | That's why the Holy Spirit says, Today, please listen; |
| 3:8 | don't turn a deaf ear as in "the bitter uprising," that time of wilderness testing! |
| 3:9 | Even though they watched me at work for forty years, your ancestors refused to let me do it my way; over and over they tried my patience. |
| 3:10 | And I was provoked, oh, so provoked! I said, "They'll never keep their minds on God; they refuse to walk down my road." |
| 3:11 | Exasperated, I vowed, "They'll never get where they're going, never be able to sit down and rest." |
| 3:12 | So watch your step, friends. Make sure there's no evil unbelief lying around that will trip you up and throw you off course, diverting you from the living God. |
| 3:13 | For as long as it's still God's Today, keep each other on your toes so sin doesn't slow down your reflexes. |
| 3:14 | If we can only keep our grip on the sure thing we started out with, we're in this with Christ for the long haul. |
| 3:15 | These words keep ringing in our ears: Today, please listen; don't turn a deaf ear as in the bitter uprising. |
| 3:16 | For who were the people who turned a deaf ear? Weren't they the very ones Moses led out of Egypt? |
| 3:17 | And who was God provoked with for forty years? Wasn't it those who turned a deaf ear and ended up corpses in the wilderness? |
| 3:18 | And when he swore that they'd never get where they were going, wasn't he talking to the ones who turned a deaf ear? |
| 3:19 | They never got there because they never listened, never believed. |
Ibrani 3 - The Message Bible
