14. Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.
15. See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled.
16. And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
17. For you know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing with tears.
18. For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind
19. and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.
20. For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
21. In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said, “I shudder with fear.”
22. But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly
23. and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,
24. and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel’s does.