1Every high priest is taken from among men. He is appointed to act for men in the things that belong to God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
2He can be gentle with those who do not know, and with those who go astray, because he himself is surrounded by weakness.
3Because of this he must offer sacrifices for sins, both for the people and for himself.
4No one takes this honour for himself. He must be called by God, as Aaron was.
5So Christ also did not give himself the glory of becoming a high priest. It was given by the one who said to him, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father."
6He says in another place as well, "You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec."
7In the days of his flesh he offered up prayers and pleading, with loud crying and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death. And he was heard because he feared God.
8Though he was a Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered.
9And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him.
10God named him a high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
11We have much to say about him, and it is hard to explain, because you are slow to hear.
12By this time you ought to be teachers. Yet you need someone to teach you again the first lessons of the words of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.
13Everyone who lives on milk is not skilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.
14But solid food belongs to those who are grown up. By long use they have trained their senses to tell the difference between good and evil.