Hebrews 7:14–28

¹⁴for it is evident that out of Judah hath arisen our Lord, in regard to which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. ¹⁵And it is yet more abundantly most evident, if according to the similitude of Melchisedek there doth arise another priest, ¹⁶who came not according to the law of a fleshly command, but according to the power of an endless life, ¹⁷for He doth testify—‘Thou art a priest—to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;’ ¹⁸for a disannulling indeed doth come of the command going before because of its weakness, and unprofitableness, ¹⁹(for nothing did the law perfect) and the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw nigh to God. ²⁰And inasmuch as it is not apart from oath, (for those indeed apart from oath are become priests, ²¹and he with an oath through Him who is saying unto him, ‘The Lord sware, and will not repent, Thou art a priest—to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;’) ²²by so much of a better covenant hath Jesus become surety, ²³and those indeed are many who have become priests, because by death they are hindered from remaining; ²⁴and he, because of his remaining—to the age, hath the priesthood not transient, ²⁵whence also he is able to save to the very end, those coming through him unto God—ever living to make intercession for them. ²⁶For such a chief priest did become us—kind, harmless, undefiled, separate from the sinners, and become higher than the heavens, ²⁷who hath no necessity daily, as the chief priests, first for his own sins to offer up sacrifice, then for those of the people; for this he did once, having offered up himself; ²⁸for the law doth appoint men chief priests, having infirmity, but the word of the oath that is after the law appointeth the Son—to the age having been perfected.

Chapter 8