For to which of the angels did He ever say, You are My Son; today I have become Your Father, or again, I will be His Father, and He will be My Son?

Therefore, He had to be like His brothers in every way, so that He could become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

For we have become companions of the Messiah if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start.

In the same way, the Messiah did not exalt Himself to become a high priest, but the One who said to Him, You are My Son; today I have become Your Father,

We have a great deal to say about this, and it’s difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand.

so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.

Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner, because He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

And this becomes clearer if another priest like Melchizedek appears,

who did not become a priest based on a legal command concerning physical descent but based on the power of an indestructible life.

So Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Now many have become Levitical priests, since they are prevented by death from remaining in office.