And again, when he brings his firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him."

Now when God put everything under him, he left nothing outside his control. However, at the present time we do not yet see everything put under him. But we do see someone who was made a little lower than the angels. He is Jesus, who is crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might experience death for everyone.

when he says, "I will announce your name to my brothers. I will praise you within the congregation."

Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

do not harden your hearts as they did when they provoked me during the time of testing in the wilderness.

As it is said, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as they did when they provoked me."

For when the ground soaks up rain that often falls on it and continues producing vegetation useful to those for whom it is cultivated, it receives a blessing from God.

For when God made his promise to Abraham, he swore an oath by himself, since he had no one greater to swear by.

In the same way, when God wanted to make the unchangeable character of his purpose perfectly clear to the heirs of his promise, he guaranteed it with an oath,

Now this man Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the Most High God, met Abraham and blessed him when he was returning from defeating the kings.

because Levi was still inside his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.

When a change in the priesthood takes place, there must also be a change in the Law.

but Jesus became a priest with an oath when God told him, "The Lord has taken an oath and will not change his mind. You are a priest forever."

There have been many priests, since each one of them had to stop serving in office when he died.

He has no need to offer sacrifices every day like high priests do, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he sacrificed himself.

They serve in a sanctuary that is a copy, a shadow of the heavenly one. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tent: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain."

but God found something wrong with his people when he said, "Look! The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors at the time when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. Because they did not remain loyal to my covenant, I ignored them, declares the Lord.

When everything had been arranged like this, the priests always went into the first part of the tent to perform their duties.

since they deal only with food, drink, and various washings, which are required for the body until the time when things would be set right.

But when the Messiah came as a high priest of the good things that have come, he went through the greater and more perfect tent that was not made by human hands and that is not a part of this creation.

For a will is in force only when somebody has died, since it never takes effect as long as the one who made it is alive.

For this reason, the Scriptures say, when the Messiah was about to come into the world: "You did not want sacrifices and offerings, but you prepared a body for me.

But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, "he sat down at the right hand of God."

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, reverently prepared an ark to save his family, and by faith he condemned the world and inherited the righteousness that comes by faith.

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered Isaac he who had received the promises was about to offer his unique son in sacrifice,

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons "and worshipped while leaning on the top of his staff."

By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelis and gave them instructions about burying his bones.

By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called a son of Pharaoh's daughter,

By faith they went through the Red Sea as if it were dry land. When the Egyptians tried to do this, they were drowned.

You have forgotten the encouragement that is addressed to you as sons: "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline or give up when you are corrected by him.

For you know that afterwards, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected because he could not find any opportunity to repent, even though he begged to repent with tears.

See to it that you do not ignore the one who is speaking. For if the hearers did not escape when they ignored the one who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we turn away from the one who is from heaven!

You should know that our brother Timothy has been set free. If he comes soon, he will be with me when I see you.