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Hebrews 5

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1Every high priest is a man chosen to represent other people in their dealings with God. He presents their gifts to God and offers sacrifices for their sins. ✦ 2And he is able to deal gently with ignorant and wayward people because he himself is subject to the same weaknesses. ✦ 3That is why he must offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as theirs. ✦ 4And no one can become a high priest simply because he wants such an honor. He must be called by God for this work, just as Aaron was. ✦ 5That is why Christ did not honor himself by assuming he could become High Priest. No, he was chosen by God, who said to him, “You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.” ✦ 6And in another passage God said to him, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” ✦ 7While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God. ✦ 8Even though Jesus was God’s Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered. ✦ 9In this way, God qualified him as a perfect High Priest, and he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him. ✦ 10And God designated him to be a High Priest in the order of Melchizedek. ✦ 11There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don’t seem to listen. ✦ 12You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word. You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food. ✦ 13For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn’t know how to do what is right. ✦ 14Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong. ✦

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Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Where this chapter connects

Heb 7 ·7Num 16 ·7Heb 2 ·5Heb 1 ·5Heb 9 ·4Heb 6 ·3Lev 9 ·3Num 18 ·3

Christ at the center

Hebrews is sustained worship of Christ: better than angels, Moses, and the priests; the great High Priest after Melchizedek who by one sacrifice perfects forever those he saves.

How Hebrews 5 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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