Hebrews 7:14–28

¹⁴For it is evident that ^gour Lord arose from ^hJudah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning ³priesthood. ¹⁵And it is yet far more evident if, in the likeness of Melchizedek, there arises another priest ¹⁶who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life. ¹⁷For ⁴He testifies:

ⁱ“You are a priest forever

According to the order of Melchizedek.”

¹⁸For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of ^jits weakness and unprofitableness, ¹⁹for ^kthe law made nothing ⁵perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of ^la better hope, through which ^mwe draw near to God.

Greatness of the New Priest

²⁰And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath ²¹(for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him:

ⁿ“The Lord has sworn

And will not relent,

‘You are a priest ⁶forever

According to the order of Melchizedek’ ”),

²²by so much more Jesus has become a ⁷surety of a ^obetter covenant.

²³Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. ²⁴But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. ²⁵Therefore He is also ^pable to save ⁸to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives ^qto make intercession for them.

²⁶For such a High Priest was fitting for us, ^rwho is holy, ⁹harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, ^sand has become higher than the heavens; ²⁷who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His ^town sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. ²⁸For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.