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Hebrews 5

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1 Every high priest selected to represent men and women before God and offer sacrifices for their sins
1 For 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.
2 should be able to deal gently with their failings, since he knows what it's like from his own experience.
2 He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness.
3 But that also means that he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as the people's.
3 Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people.
4 No one elects himself to this honored position. He's called to it by God, as Aaron was.
4 And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was.
5 Neither did Christ presume to set himself up as high priest, but was set apart by the One who said to him, "You're my Son; today I celebrate you!"
5 So 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";
6 In another place God declares, "You're a priest forever in the royal order of Melchizedek."
6 as he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."
7 While he lived on earth, anticipating death, Jesus cried out in pain and wept in sorrow as he offered up priestly prayers to God. Because he honored God, God answered him.
7 In 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.
8 Though he was God's Son, he learned trusting-obedience by what he suffered, just as we do.
8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.
9 Then, having arrived at the full stature of his maturity and having been announced by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek,
9 And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,
10 he became the source of eternal salvation to all who believingly obey him.
10 being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
11 I have a lot more to say about this, but it is hard to get it across to you since you've picked up this bad habit of not listening.
11 About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
12 By this time you ought to be teachers yourselves, yet here I find you need someone to sit down with you and go over the basics on God again, starting from square one - baby's milk, when you should have been on solid food long ago!
12 For 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,
13 Milk is for beginners, inexperienced in God's ways;
13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.
14 solid food is for the mature, who have some practice in telling right from wrong.
14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.
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