¹⁷ For it is witnessed of him,

²¹ but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him:

⁶ as he says also in another place,

²⁰ where Jesus has gone ^(A)as a forerunner on our behalf, ^(B)having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

The Priestly Order of Melchizedek

7 For this ^(C)Melchizedek, king of ^(D)Salem, priest of ^(E)the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, ² and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. ³ He is without father or mother ^(F)or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.

²⁸ For the law appoints men ^(A)in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made ^(B)perfect forever.

Jesus Compared to Melchizedek

^11 (A)Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron?

¹⁸ And ^(A)Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was ^(B)priest of ^(C)God Most High.)