showing himself to be as much greater than the angels as his title is superior to theirs.

how can we escape if we pay no attention to such a salvation as this? It was first proclaimed by the Lord himself, and it was guaranteed to us by those who heard him,

while God himself corroborated their testimony with signs, portents, and various wonders, and by impartations of the holy Spirit when he saw fit.

For because he has himself been tempted in what he has suffered he is able to help others who are in trial.

He can sympathize with the ignorant and misguided because he is himself subject to weakness,

and on this account he is obliged to offer sacrifices for sin, not only for the people but for himself as well.

And no one takes the office upon himself, but men assume it only when called to it by God, as Aaron was.

So even Christ did not claim for himself the dignity of the high priesthood, but he was appointed to it by him who said to him, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father!"

For when God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to make oath by, he did so by himself,

Therefore, God in his desire to make it perfectly clear to those to whom he made his promise, that his purpose was unalterable, bound himself with an oath,

But this man, whose ancestry is not connected with theirs, collected tithes from Abraham himself, and gave his blessing to the man who had received the promises from God.

In one way of putting it, Levi himself, the collector of the tithes, through Abraham paid him tithes,

who does not need, as the old high priests did, to offer sacrifices every day, first for his own sins and then for those of the people??or this last he has done once for all, in offering up himself.

to officiate as priest in the sanctuary and in that true tent of worship which not man but the Lord himself set up.

how much more surely will the blood of the Christ, who with the eternal Spirit made himself an unblemished offering to God, purify our consciences from the old wrongdoing for the worship of the everliving God?

Nor does he go in to offer himself over and over again, like the high priest who enters the sanctuary year after year, taking with him blood that is not his own,

Faith made Abel's sacrifice greater in the sight of God than Cain's; through faith he gained God's approval as an upright man, for God himself approved his offering, and through faith even when he was dead he still spoke.

You must not be avaricious; you must be content with what you have, for God himself has said, "I will never let go of you or desert you!"