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Textus Receptus

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Imagine that a man (let's call him John) is witnessing to a Jew, and he is using the book of Hebrews to explain to him about the Messiah.   Starting from the beginning, he reads to him.   Gaining confidence as he goes along, he gets to Hebrews 8, verse 7, "For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second. For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they continued not in my covenant, And I regarded them not, saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make…" the Jew stops John there, "The Apostle didn't quote that correctly!" he says in an offended tone, "It doesn't say that God did not regard them, it says 'though