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| 1For every high priest selected from among men is appointed to officiate on their behalf in matters relating to God, that is, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. | 1For every high priest is taken from among the people and appointed to represent them before God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. |
| 2He can deal gently with people who are ignorant and easily deceived, since he himself is subject to weakness. | 2He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness, |
| 3For that reason he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as for those of the people. | 3and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people. |
| 4No one takes this honor upon himself but he is called to it by God, just as Aaron was. | 4And no one assumes this honor on his own initiative, but only when called to it by God, as in fact Aaron was. |
| 5In the same way, the Messiah did not take upon himself the glory of being a high priest. No, it was God who said to him, "You are my Son. Today I have become your Father." | 5So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him, "You are my Son! Today I have fathered you," |
| 6As he also says in another place, "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek." | 6as also in another place God says, "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek." |
| 7As a mortal man, he offered up prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his devotion to God. | 7During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion. |
| 8Son though he was, he learned obedience through his sufferings | 8Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered. |
| 9and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, | 9And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, |
| 10having been designated by God to be a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. | 10and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek. |
| 11We have much to say about this, but it is difficult to explain because you have become too lazy to understand. | 11On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing. |
| 12In fact, though by now you should be teachers, you still need someone to teach you the basic truths of God's word. You have become people who need milk instead of solid food. | 12For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God's utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food. |
| 13For everyone who lives on milk is still a baby and does not yet know the difference between right and wrong. | 13For everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, because he is an infant. |
| 14But solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to distinguish good from evil. | 14But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil. |
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