For to which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

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

For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested the seventh day from all his works.

And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.

And by reason of this he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

And no man taketh this honor to himself, but he that is called by God, as was Aaron:

And this will we do, if God permit.

For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;

Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath, by him that said to him, The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.

Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man should have somewhat also to offer.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

The Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while the first tabernacle was yet standing:

But Christ being come a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined to you.

And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment:

But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, for ever sat down on the right hand of God;

Of this the Holy Spirit also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,

This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for by this some have entertained angels unawares.

But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.