Hebrews 7:13-17

New International Version

¹³ He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe,^(A) and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar.^{(B) 14} For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah,^(C) and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. ¹⁵ And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, ¹⁶ one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. ¹⁷ For it is declared: