Hebrews 5:1–10

The Perfect High Priest

¹For every high priest ^ataken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in ^bthings pertaining to God, in order to ^coffer both gifts and sacrifices ^dfor sins;

^21ahe can deal gently with the ^bignorant and ^cmisguided, since he himself also is ^2dbeset with weakness;

³and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices ^afor sins, ^bas for the people, so also for himself.

⁴And ^ano one takes the honor to himself, but receives it when he is called by God, even ^bas Aaron was.

⁵So also Christ ^adid not glorify Himself so as to become a ^bhigh priest, but He who ^csaid to Him,

“^dYou are My Son,

Today I have begotten You”;

⁶just as He says also in another passage,

“^aYou are a priest forever

According to ^bthe order of Melchizedek.”

⁷¹In the days of His flesh, ^2aHe offered up both prayers and supplications with ^bloud crying and tears to the One ^cable to save Him ³from death, and He ⁴was heard because of His ^dpiety.

⁸Although He was ^aa Son, He learned ^bobedience from the things which He suffered.

⁹And having been made ^aperfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation,

¹⁰being designated by God as ^aa high priest according to ^bthe order of Melchizedek.