^30 (A)Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that ^(B)God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne,

²⁷ I put you under oath before the Lord to have ^(A)this letter read to all the brothers.

¹⁷ So when God desired to show more convincingly to ^(A)the heirs of the promise ^(B)the unchangeable character of his purpose, ^(C)he guaranteed it with an oath,

²⁰ And it was not without an oath. For those who formerly became priests were made such without an oath, ²¹ but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him:

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.