| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 1For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. | 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. |
| 2He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness. | 2He can deal gently with people who are ignorant and easily deceived, since he himself is subject to weakness. |
| 3Because of this he is required as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins. | 3For that reason he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as for those of the people. |
| 4And no man takes this honor to himself, but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was. | 4No one takes this honor upon himself but he is called to it by God, just as Aaron was. |
| 5So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: “You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.” | 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." |
| 6As He also says in another place: “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek”; | 6As he also says in another place, "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek." |
| 7who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, | 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. |
| 8though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. | 8Son though he was, he learned obedience through his sufferings |
| 9And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, | 9and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, |
| 10called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,” | 10having been designated by God to be a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. |
| 11of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. | 11We have much to say about this, but it is difficult to explain because you have become too lazy to understand. |
| 12For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. | 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. |
| 13For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. | 13For everyone who lives on milk is still a baby and does not yet know the difference between right and wrong. |
| 14But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. | 14But solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to distinguish good from evil. |
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