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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 chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer 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 can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. |
| 3For that reason he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as for those of the people. | 3Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people. |
| 4No one takes this honor upon himself but he is called to it by God, just as Aaron was. | 4And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as 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 exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”; |
| 6As he also says in another place, "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek." | 6as he says also in another place, “You are a priest forever, after 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. | 7In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. |
| 8Son though he was, he learned obedience through his sufferings | 8Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. |
| 9and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, | 9And being made perfect, 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. | 10being designated by God a high priest after 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. | 11About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of 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 by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need 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 unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. |
| 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, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. |
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