But to the Son He says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

You have made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor and set him over the works of Your hands.

But Christ was faithful as a Son over his own house; whose house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.

For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in the things pertaining to God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,

And because of this he should, as for the people, so also for himself, offer for sins.

Therefore He is able also to save to the uttermost those who come unto God by Him, since He ever lives to make intercession for them.

who does not need, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice daily, first for his own sins and then for the people's sins. For He did this once for all, when He offered up Himself.

For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One have something to offer also.

For if indeed He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the Law,

And over it were the cherubs of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat (about which we cannot now speak piece by piece.

For a covenant is affirmed over those dead, since it never has force when The one covenanting is living.

Nor yet that He should offer Himself often, even as the high priest enters into the Holy of Holies every year with the blood of others

For the Law which has a shadow of good things to come, not the very image of the things, appearing year by year with the same sacrifices, which they offer continually, they are never able to perfect those drawing near.

and having a High Priest over the house of God,

These all died by way of faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off. And they were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

By Him, then, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, confessing His name.

make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.