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Hebrews 5

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1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
1 Every high priest selected to represent men and women before God and offer sacrifices for their sins
2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
2 should be able to deal gently with their failings, since he knows what it's like from his own experience.
3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
3 But that also means that he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as the people's.
4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
4 No one elects himself to this honored position. He's called to it by God, as Aaron was.
5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
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!"
6 As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
6 In another place God declares, "You're a priest forever in the royal order of Melchizedek."
7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
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.
8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
8 Though he was God's Son, he learned trusting-obedience by what he suffered, just as we do.
9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
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,
10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
10 he became the source of eternal salvation to all who believingly obey him.
11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
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.
12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
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!
13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
13 Milk is for beginners, inexperienced in God's ways;
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
14 solid food is for the mature, who have some practice in telling right from wrong.
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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.