Young's Literal Translation YLT
The Message Bible MSG
1 For every chief priest -- out of men taken -- in behalf of men is set in things [pertaining] to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,
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Every high priest selected to represent men and women before God and offer sacrifices for their sins
2 able to be gentle to those ignorant and going astray, since himself also is compassed with infirmity;
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should be able to deal gently with their failings, since he knows what it's like from his own experience.
3 and because of this infirmity he ought, as for the people, so also for himself to offer for sins;
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But that also means that he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as the people's.
4 and no one to himself doth take the honour, but he who is called by God, as also Aaron:
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No one elects himself to this honored position. He's called to it by God, as Aaron was.
5 so also the Christ did not glorify himself to become chief priest, but He who spake unto him: `My Son thou art, I to-day have begotten thee;'
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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 also in another [place] He saith, `Thou [art] a priest -- to the age, according to the order of Melchisedek;'
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In another place God declares, "You're a priest forever in the royal order of Melchizedek."
7 who in the days of his flesh both prayers and supplications unto Him who was able to save him from death -- with strong crying and tears -- having offered up, and having been heard in respect to that which he feared,
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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 through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered -- the obedience,
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Though he was God's Son, he learned trusting-obedience by what he suffered, just as we do.
9 and having been made perfect, he did become to all those obeying him a cause of salvation age-during,
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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 having been addressed by God a chief priest, according to the order of Melchisedek,
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he became the source of eternal salvation to all who believingly obey him.
11 concerning whom we have much discourse and of hard explanation to say, since ye have become dull of hearing,
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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 even owing to be teachers, because of the time, again ye have need that one teach you what [are] the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and ye have become having need of milk, and not of strong food,
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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 who is partaking of milk [is] unskilled in the word of righteousness -- for he is an infant,
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Milk is for beginners, inexperienced in God's ways;
14 and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil.
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solid food is for the mature, who have some practice in telling right from wrong.