1This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest…
2and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of…
3Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning…
4Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch…
5Now the law commands the sons of Levi…
6But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent…
7And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the…
8In the case of the Levites, mortal men…
9And so to speak, Levi, who collects the…
10For when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still…
11Now if perfection could have been attained through…
12For when the priesthood is changed, the law…
13He of whom these things are said belonged…
14For it is clear that our Lord descended…
15And this point is even more clear if…
16one who has become a priest not by…
17For it is testified: “You are a priest…
18So the former commandment is set aside because…
19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a…
20And none of this happened without an oath.…
21but Jesus became a priest with an oath…
22Because of this oath, Jesus has become the…
23Now there have been many other priests, since…
24But because Jesus lives forever, He has a…
25Therefore He is able to save completely those…
26Such a high priest truly befits us—One who…
27Unlike the other high priests, He does not…
28For the law appoints as high priests men…
