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1 For every cohen gadol taken from among men is appointed to act on people's behalf with regard to things concerning God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
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Every high priest who is taken from among men is given his position to take care of the interests of men in those things which have to do with God, so that he may make offerings for sins.
2 He can deal gently with the ignorant and with those who go astray, since he too is subject to weakness.
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He is able to have feeling for those who have no knowledge and for those who are wandering from the true way, because he himself is feeble;
3 Also, because of this weakness, he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as those of the people.
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And being feeble, he has to make sin-offerings for himself as well as for the people.
4 And no one takes this honor upon himself, rather, he is called by God, just as Aharon was.
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And no man who is not given authority by God, as Aaron was, takes this honour for himself.
5 So neither did the Messiah glorify himself to become cohen gadol; rather, it was the One who said to him, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father."
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In the same way Christ did not take for himself the glory of being made a high priest, but was given it by him who said, You are my Son, this day I have given you being:
6 Also, as he says in another place, "You are a cohen forever, to be compared with Malki-Tzedek."
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As he says in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
7 During Yeshua's life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions, crying aloud and shedding tears, to the One who had the power to deliver him from death; and he was heard because of his godliness.
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Who in the days of his flesh, having sent up prayers and requests with strong crying and weeping to him who was able to give him salvation from death, had his prayer answered because of his fear of God.
8 Even though he was the Son, he learned obedience through his sufferings.
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And though he was a Son, through the pain which he underwent, the knowledge came to him of what it was to be under God's orders;
9 And after he had been brought to the goal, he became the source of eternal deliverance to all who obey him,
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And when he had been made complete, he became the giver of eternal salvation to all those who are under his orders;
10 since he had been proclaimed by God as a cohen gadol to be compared with Malki-Tzedek.
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Being named by God a high priest of the order of Melchizedek.
11 We have much to say about this subject, but it is hard to explain, because you have become sluggish in understanding.
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Of whom we have much to say which it is hard to make clear, because you are slow of hearing.
12 For although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the very first principles of God's Word all over again! You need milk, not solid food!
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And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.
13 Anyone who has to drink milk is still a baby, without experience in applying the Word about righteousness.
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For everyone who takes milk is without experience of the word of righteousness: he is a child.
14 But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by continuous exercise to distinguish good from evil.
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But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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