For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,

Jesus Made Fully Human

It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

And again, “I will put my trust in him.” And again he says, “Here am I, and the children God has given me.”

For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.

where your ancestors tested and tried me, though for forty years they saw what I did.

We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.

For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed.

Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

And he says in another place, “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”

and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.

Melchizedek the Priest

This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him,

and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”

because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.

Jesus Like Melchizedek

If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood—and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood—why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?

And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,

For it is declared: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”

Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being.

But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.

He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption.

For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.