For to which of the angels did He ever say, "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee?" and again, "I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to me a Son?"

thou lovest righteousness and hatest iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thine associates."

And in another place, "Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast founded the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands:

they shall perish, but thou remainest; and they shall all grow old as a garment,

and as a mantle wilt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail."

But to which of the angels hath He ever said, "Sit thou at my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?"

But one in a certain place hath testified, saying, "What is man that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest Him?

Thou madest Him for a little while inferior to the angels; with glory and honor hast thou crowned Him, and hast set Him over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet,"

So also Christ did not glorify himself to be made an high-priest; but He that said unto Him, "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee."

As He saith also in another place, "Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec."

For He testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

(for they indeed are become priests without the solemnity of an oath; but He with an oath, by Him who said unto Him, "The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:")

who worship under the representation and shadow of heavenly things; as Moses was ordered by God, when he was about to finish the tabernacle. For see, saith He, that thou make all according to the model shewn thee in the mount.

Wherefore upon his coming into the world He saith, "Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire, but a body hast thou prepared me:

in whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hadst no pleasure:

Having said before, "Thou didst not desire, nor hadst pleasure in, sacrifice and offering, and whole burnt-offerings, and sacrifices for sin," (which are offered by the law) then He adds,