²⁸ For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.

²¹ (for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him:

Bringing Many Sons to Glory

¹⁰ For it was fitting for Him, ^(A)for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation ^(B)perfect through sufferings.

² has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the ^[a]worlds;

Qualifications for High Priesthood

5 For every high priest taken from among men ^(A)is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. ² He can ^[a]have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to ^(B)weakness.

⁶ but Christ as ^(A)a Son over His own house, ^(B)whose house we are ^(C)if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope ^[a]firm to the end.

²⁴ But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood.

³ without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually.

⁸ though He was a Son, yet He learned ^(A)obedience by the things which He suffered. ⁹ And ^(B)having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,

A Priest Forever

^5 (A)So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: