For every high priest ^ataken from among men is appointed on behalf of people in ^bthings pertaining to God, in order to ^coffer both gifts and sacrifices ^dfor sins; 2 ^1ahe can deal gently with the ^bignorant and ^cmisguided, since he himself also is ^2dclothed in weakness; 3 and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices ^afor sins for himself, ^bas well as for the people. 4 And ^ano one takes the honor for himself, but receives it when he is called by God, just ^bas Aaron also was.

5 So too Christ ^adid not glorify Himself in becoming a ^bhigh priest, but it was He who ^csaid to Him,“^dYOU ARE MY SON,TODAY I HAVE FATHERED YOU”; 6 just as He also says in another passage,“^aYOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVERACCORDING TO ^bTHE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK.” 7 In the days of ¹His humanity, ^2aHe offered up both prayers and pleas with ^bloud crying and tears to the One ^cable to save Him ³from death, and He ⁴was heard because of His ^ddevout behavior. 8 Although He was ^aa Son, He learned ^bobedience from the things which He suffered. 9 And having been ^aperfected, He became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey Him, 10 being designated by God as ^aHigh Priest according to ^bthe order of Melchizedek.

11 Concerning ¹him we have much to say, and it is difficult to explain, since you have become ²poor listeners. 12 For though ¹by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you ^athe ^2belementary principles of the ^cactual words of God, and you have come to need ^dmilk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is an ^ainfant. 14 But solid food is for ^athe mature, who because of practice have their senses ^btrained to ^cdistinguish between good and evil.