Hebrews 5

¹For every high priest taken from among humans is appointed on behalf of humans in matters concerning God, so that he might offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. ²He is able to exercise measured compassion toward the ignorant and those being led astray, since he himself is also clothed in weakness. ³Because of this weakness, he is obligated to offer sacrifices for sins—not only for the people but also for himself.

⁴And no one takes this honor for himself; rather, one receives it only when called by God, just as Aaron was. ⁵In the same way, the Christ did not glorify himself to become a high priest, but was appointed by the one 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.”

⁷During the days of his mortal life, he offered up both petitions and supplications with loud crying and tears to the one who was able to save him out of death, and he was heard because of his reverent awe. ⁸Even though he was a Son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered. ⁹And having been brought to completion, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, ¹⁰having been designated by God as high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

¹¹We have much to say about this, but it is difficult to explain because you have become sluggish in your hearing. ¹²For although you ought to be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you again the basic elements of the beginning of God’s oracles. You have come to need milk, not solid food. ¹³For everyone who lives on milk is unacquainted with the word of justice, for they are an infant. ¹⁴But solid food is for the mature—those who, through practice, have their senses trained for the discernment of both good and evil.