Wherefore, it behooved Him in all things to be made like His brethren, that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in the things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people;

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a Heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus,

Having, therefore, a great High Priest, Who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast the confession;

for we have not a High Priest, unable to sympathize with our infirmities, but One Who hath been tempted in all points like as we, apart from sin.

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

Thus Christ also glorified not Himself to become a high priest, but He Who spake to Him, "Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee";

as also, in another place, He saith, "Thou art a Priest forever according to the rank of Melchizedek";

having been addressed by God as "High Priest according to the rank of Melchizedek."

where, as Forerunner in our behalf, Jesus entered, having become a High Priest forever, according to the rank of Melchizedek.

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

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

If, therefore, there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there, that another Priest should arise according to the rank of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned according to the rank of Aaron?

And it is yet far more evident; if, according to the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another Priest,

Who hath been made Priest, not according to a law of a carnal commandment, but according to the power of an endless life;

for it is testified of Him, "Thou art a Priest forever according to the rank of Melchizedek."

(for they, indeed, have been made priests without an oath; but He with an oath through Him Who said to Him, "The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest forever");

For such a High Priest was befitting us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

Now as a main point to the things being spoken, we have such a High Priest, Who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in Heaven,

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; wherefore, it is necessary that This One also have something which He may offer.

If, therefore, He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are those offering the gifts according to the law,

but into the second, the high priest alone, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the ignorances of the people;

But Christ, having come as a High Priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made by hand (that is, not of this creation),

nor yet, that He should many times offer Himself, as the high priest enters into the Holies every year with blood not His own;

And every priest, indeed, stands daily ministering, and ofttimes offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins;

and, having a Great Priest over the house of God;

For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the holy place through the priest as an offering for sin, are burned without the camp.