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Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with sequential stories told across multiple weeks.
Duration: 1245 days
Worldwide English (New Testament) (WE)
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Hebrews 5:1-6

Every high priest is chosen from among men. His work is to stand before God for people. He brings gifts and makes sacrifices to God for the wrong things people have done.

Such a high priest can be kind to people who do not know what is right and who do wrong. He knows how to share in the suffering of others because he himself is weak.

Because he is weak himself, he must make sacrifices to God for the wrong things he has done, just as he does for the people.

No one chooses himself to be high priest. But God calls him, just as he called Aaron.

So Christ did not choose himself to be a high priest. But he was chosen by the One who said to him, `You are my Son, and I am your Father today.'

In another place in the holy writings God said, `You are a priest for ever like Melchizedek.'