³ Without father or mother, without genealogy,^(A) without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God,^(B) he remains a priest forever.

⁶ This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed^(A) him who had the promises.^(B)

¹⁷ For it is declared:

²³ Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; ²⁴ but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.^{(A) 25} Therefore he is able to save^(B) completely^[a] those who come to God^(C) through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.^(D)

²⁶ Such a high priest^(E) truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners,^(F) exalted above the heavens.^{(G) 27} Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices^(H) day after day, first for his own sins,^(I) and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all^(J) when he offered himself.^{(K) 28} For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness;^(L) but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son,^(M) who has been made perfect^(N) forever.

³ The tempter^(A) came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God,^(B) tell these stones to become bread.”

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6 ^[a]The sons of Levi:^(A)

²⁶ It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, “Bring the Israelites out of Egypt^(L) by their divisions.”^{(M) 27} They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh^(N) king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt—this same Moses and Aaron.^(O)