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Hebrews 7:1 (show verse)

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

Hebrews 7:2 (show verse)

to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace;

Hebrews 7:3 (show verse)

without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God), remains a priest continually.

Hebrews 7:4 (show verse)

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

Hebrews 7:5 (show verse)

They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest's office have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the Law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the body of Abraham,

Hebrews 7:6 (show verse)

but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.

Hebrews 7:7 (show verse)

But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.

Hebrews 7:8 (show verse)

Here people who die receive tithes, but there one receives tithes of whom it is testified that he lives.

Hebrews 7:9 (show verse)

We can say that through Abraham even Levi, who receives tithes, has paid tithes,

Hebrews 7:10 (show verse)

for he was yet in the body of his father when Melchizedek met him.

Hebrews 7:11 (show verse)

Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

Hebrews 7:12 (show verse)

For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made also in the law.

Hebrews 7:13 (show verse)

For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.

Hebrews 7:14 (show verse)

For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.

Hebrews 7:15 (show verse)

This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest,

Hebrews 7:16 (show verse)

who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:

Hebrews 7:17 (show verse)

for it is testified, "You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek."

Hebrews 7:18 (show verse)

For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

Hebrews 7:19 (show verse)

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

Hebrews 7:20 (show verse)

Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath

Hebrews 7:21 (show verse)

(for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, "The Lord swore and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever.'"

Hebrews 7:22 (show verse)

By so much, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

Hebrews 7:23 (show verse)

Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered from continuing by death.

Hebrews 7:24 (show verse)

But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable.

Hebrews 7:25 (show verse)

Therefore he is also able to save completely those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.

Hebrews 7:26 (show verse)

For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

Hebrews 7:27 (show verse)

who does not need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.

Hebrews 7:28 (show verse)

For the Law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the Law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.