HEBREWS

 

Hebrews Chapter 5

1 ¶ For every high priest taken from among men is assigned to represent them before God, in offering both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

2 And can sympathize with the ignorant, and those who go astray; for he is himself beset by weakness.

3 That is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.

4 And no man takes that honor upon himself, he must be called by God, as was Aaron.

5 So also Christ did not exalt himself in being made a high priest; but he who said to him, You are my Son, today I have begotten you.

6 Also said in another passage, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

7 Who during his life on earth, having brought both prayers and appeals with loud crying and tears to the One who could save him from death, was heard because he feared God;

8 Although he was the Son, he learned the meaning of obedience from the things that he suffered;

9 And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who do his will;

10 ¶ Designated by God an high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

11 Regarding whom there is much to say, but it is hard to explain, seeing that you have become so slow to understand.

12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the basic truths of God’s Word all over again; and have come to need milk, and not solid food.

13 For everyone who feeds on milk is an infant: unacquainted with the teaching about righteousness.

14 But strong food is for the mature, those who by use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.