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Hebrews 5

¹For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to deal with divine things on behalf of humans, so that he might offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. ²He is able to deal gently with people who are ignorant and deceived, since he himself is burdened with weakness. ³And because of this he needs to offer sacrifices for sin for himself just as he does for the people. ⁴Now nobody takes this honor on himself, but because he is called by God, just as Aaron was.

⁵Thus also Christ did not glorify himself by becoming high priest, but {was glorified by} the one who said to him:

"You are my son;
I have given you birth today."
[Psalm 2:7] ⁶Just as it says in another place, "You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek." [Psalm 110:4] ⁷Who, in the days of his flesh, offered entreaties and petitions to the one who was able to save him from death with loud cries and tears, and he was heard because of his piety. ⁸Even though he was a son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered, ⁹and being made whole he became a means of eternal salvation to all those who obey him, ¹⁰since he was designated by God as a priest according to the priestly order of Melchizedek. ¹¹Concerning which we have much to say which is difficult to understand, since your hearing has become lazy. ¹²For you ought to be teachers by now, yet you again have need for someone to teach you the elements of the foundation of God's message. But you now need milk and not solid food. ¹³For everyone who needs milk is untested in the message of righteousness, since he is still an infant. ¹⁴Solid food is for the mature, for those who through practice have exercised their understanding to distinguish good and evil.

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