Hebrews 3

¹Therfor, hooli britheren, and parceneris of heuenli cleping, biholde ye the apostle and the bischop of oure confessioun, Jhesu,

²which is trewe to hym that made hym, as also Moises in al the hous of hym.

³But this byschop is had worthi of more glorie than Moises, bi as myche as he hath more honour of the hous, that made the hous.

⁴For ech hous is maad of sum man; he that made alle thingis of nouyt is God.

⁵And Moises was trewe in al his hous, as a seruaunt, in to witnessyng of tho thingis that weren to be seid;

⁶but Crist as a sone in his hous. Which hous we ben, if we holden sad trist and glorie of hope in to the ende.

⁷Wherfor as the Hooli Goost seith, To dai, if ye han herd his vois, nyle ye hardne youre hertis,

⁸as in wraththing, lijk the dai of temptacioun in desert;

⁹where youre fadris temptiden me, and preueden, and siyen my werkis fourti yeeris.

¹⁰Wherfor Y was wrooth to this generacioun, and Y seide, Euere more thei erren in herte, for thei knewen not my weies;

¹¹to whiche Y swore in my wraththe, thei schulen not entre in to my reste.

¹²Britheren, se ye, lest perauenture in ony of you be an yuel herte of vnbileue, to departe fro the lyuynge God.

¹³But moneste you silf bi alle daies, the while to dai is named, that noon of you be hardned bi fallas of synne.

¹⁴For we ben maad parceneris of Crist, if netheles we holden the bigynnyng of his substaunce sad in to the ende.

¹⁵While it is seid, to dai, if ye han herd the vois of hym, nyle ye hardne youre hertis, as in that wraththing.

¹⁶For summen heringe wraththiden, but not alle thei that wenten out of Egipt bi Moises.

¹⁷But to whiche was he wraththid fourti yeeris? Whether not to hem that synneden, whos careyns weren cast doun in desert?

¹⁸And to whiche swoor he, that thei schulden not entre in to the reste of hym, not but to hem that weren vnbileueful?

¹⁹And we seen, that thei myyten not entre in to the reste of hym for vnbileue.

¹Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

²Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.

³For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.

⁴For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.

⁵And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

⁶But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

⁷Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

⁸Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

⁹When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

¹⁰Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

¹¹So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

¹²Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

¹³But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

¹⁴For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

¹⁵While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

¹⁶For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

¹⁷But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

¹⁸And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

¹⁹So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.