MSTC(i)
15 And for this cause is he the mediator of the new testament, that through death which chanced for the redemption of those transgressions that were in the first testament, they which were called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
16 For wheresoever is a testament, there must also be the death of him that maketh the testament.
17 For the testament taketh authority when men are dead: For it is of no value as long as he that made it is alive.