Hebrews 5:7-14 ▼

7 As 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.

8 Son though he was, he learned obedience through his sufferings

9 and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,

10 having been designated by God to be a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

11 We have much to say about this, but it is difficult to explain because you have become too lazy to understand.

12 In 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.

13 For everyone who lives on milk is still a baby and does not yet know the difference between right and wrong.

14 But solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.