Hebrews 5:1-6
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The Perfect High Priest
5 For every high priest (A)taken from among men is appointed on behalf of people in (B)things pertaining to God, in order to (C)offer both gifts and sacrifices (D)for sins; 2 [a](E)he can deal gently with the (F)ignorant and (G)misguided, since he himself also is [b](H)clothed in weakness; 3 and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices (I)for sins for himself, (J)as well as for the people. 4 And (K)no one takes the honor for himself, but receives it when he is called by God, just (L)as Aaron also was.
5 So too Christ (M)did not glorify Himself in becoming a (N)high priest, but it was He who (O)said to Him,
“(P)You are My Son,
Today I have fathered You”;
6 just as He also says in another passage,
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- Hebrews 5:2 Lit being able to
- Hebrews 5:2 I.e., weak by nature
Hebrews 6:20
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20 (A)where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a (B)high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
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Hebrews 7:15-17
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15 And this is clearer still, if another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek, 16 who has become a priest not on the basis of a law of [a](A)physical requirement, but according to the power of (B)an indestructible life. 17 For it is attested of Him,
“(C)You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek.”
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- Hebrews 7:16 Lit fleshly commandment; i.e., to be a descendant of Levi
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