1 E very Jewish religious leader is chosen from among men. He is a helper standing between God and men. He gives gifts on the altar in worship to God from the people. He gives blood from animals for the sins of the people.

¶ For every high priest is taken from among men, constituted on behalf of men in things relating to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,

2 A Jewish religious leader is weak in many ways because he is just a man himself. He knows how to be gentle with those who know little. He knows how to help those who are doing wrong.

who can have compassion on the ignorant and on those that are in error; for he himself is also compassed with weakness.

3 B ecause he is weak himself, he must give gifts to God for his own sins as well as for the sins of the people.

And by reason of this he ought, as for the people so also for himself, to offer for sins.

4 A Jewish religious leader does not choose this honor for himself. God chooses a man for this work. Aaron was chosen this way. Christ Is Our Religious Leader Who Has Made the Way for Man to Go to God

And no one takes this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

5 I t is the same way with Christ. He did not choose the honor of being a Religious Leader Who has made the way for man to go to God. Instead, God said to Christ, “You are My Son. Today I have become Your Father.”

So also the Christ did not glorify himself to make himself high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son; today have I begotten thee.

6 G od says in another part of His Word, “You will be a Religious Leader forever. You will be like Melchizedek.”

As he said also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

7 D uring the time Jesus lived on earth, He prayed and asked God with loud cries and tears. Jesus’ prayer was to God Who was able to save Him from death. God heard Christ because Christ honored God.

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, was heard because of his reverent fear;

8 E ven being God’s Son, He learned to obey by the things He suffered.

although he was the Son of God, yet he learned obedience by the things which he suffered;

9 A nd having been made perfect, He planned and made it possible for all those who obey Him to be saved from the punishment of sin.

and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal saving health unto all those that hearken unto him,

10 I n God’s plan He was to be a Religious Leader Who made the way for man to go to God. He was like Melchizedek. Do Not Fall Back Into Sin

¶ named by God high priest after the order of Melchisedec.

11 T here is much we could say about this, but it is hard to make you understand. It is because you do not want to hear well.

Of whom we have many things to say and difficult to declare, seeing ye are hard of hearing.

12 B y now you should be teachers. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the first things you need to know from God’s Word. You still need milk instead of solid food.

For you should now be teaching others, if we look at the time, yet you need to be taught again which are the first elements of the oracles of God and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong food.

13 A nyone who lives on milk cannot understand the teaching about being right with God. He is a baby.

For any one that uses milk is not qualified in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe.

14 S olid food is for full-grown men. They have learned to use their minds to tell the difference between good and bad.

But strong food belongs to those that are perfect, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.