Hebrews 5

Jesus the Great High Priest

1 For every high priest taken from among men a is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He can 1 have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to b weakness. 3 Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for c himself, to offer sacrifices for sins. 4 And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as d Aaron was.

5 e So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:
f "You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You." 2

6 As He also says in another place:
g "You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek"; 3

7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had h offered up prayers and supplications, i with vehement cries and tears to Him j who was able to save Him from death, and was heard k because of His godly fear, 8 though He was a Son, yet He learned l obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And m having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10 called by God as High Priest n "according to the order of Melchizedek,"

Warning Against Apostasy

11 of whom o we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become p dull of hearing. 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the 4 oracles of God; and you have come to need q milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is r a babe. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are 5 of full age, that is, those who by reason of 6 use have their senses exercised s to discern both good and evil.

  1. Cross References
    Hebrews 2:17
    Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
    Hebrews 8:3
    For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer.
  2. Cross References
    Hebrews 7:28
    For 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.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 9:7
    And Moses said to Aaron, "Go to the altar, offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. Offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as the LORD commanded.
    Leviticus 16:6
    Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house.
    Hebrews 7:27
    Who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.
    Hebrews 9:7
    But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people's sins committed in ignorance.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 28:1
    Now take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as priest, Aaron and Aaron's sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
    Numbers 16:40
    To be a memorial to the children of Israel that no outsider, who is not a descendant of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the LORD, that he might not become like Korah and his companions, just as the LORD had said to him through Moses.
    1 Chronicles 23:13
    The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was set apart, he and his sons forever, that he should sanctify the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister to Him, and to give the blessing in His name forever.
  5. Cross References
    John 8:54
    Jesus answered, "If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is your God.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 2:7
    I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 110:4
    The LORD has sworn And will not relent, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.
    Hebrews 7:17
    For He testifies: "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.
  8. Cross References
    Matthew 26:39
    He went a little farther and fell on His face, ...
    Matthew 26:42
    Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, ...
    Matthew 26:44
    So He left them, went away again, and prayed th...
    Mark 14:36
    And He said, "Abba, Father, all things are poss...
    Mark 14:39
    Again He went away and prayed, and spoke the sa...
    Luke 22:41
    And He was withdrawn from them about a stone's ...
    Luke 22:44
    And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. T...
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 22:1
    My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning?
  10. Cross References
    Matthew 26:53
    Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels?
  11. Cross References
    Matthew 26:39
    He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.
  12. Cross References
    Philippians 2:8
    And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
  13. Cross References
    Hebrews 2:10
    For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 110:4
    The LORD has sworn And will not relent, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.
  15. Cross References
    John 16:12
    I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
    Hebrews 7:1 - 22
    For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him.
  16. Cross References
    Matthew 13:15
    For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.
  17. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 3:1 - 3
    And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.
    1 Peter 2:2
    As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby.
  18. Cross References
    Ephesians 4:14
    That we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting.
  19. Cross References
    Isaiah 7:15
    Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.
    Philippians 1:9
    And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment.
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