Hebrews 5

1 For every high priest taken from among the people is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

For every high priest taken from among men, is ordained for men in the things that appertain to God, that he may offer up gifts and sacrifices for sins:

2 He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness.

Who can have compassion on them that are ignorant and that err: because he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

3 That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.

And therefore he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

4 No one takes this honor for himself, but receives it when he is called by God, just as Aaron was.

Neither doth any man take the honour to himself, but he that is called by God, as Aaron was.

5 In the same way, Christ did not glorify himself in becoming a high priest, but was appointed by the one who said to him, “Yoʋ are my Son; today I have begotten yoʋ.”

So Christ also did not glorify himself, that he might be made a high priest: but he that said unto him: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

6 And in another passage he says, “Yoʋ are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.” (aiōn g165)

As he saith also in another place: Thou art a priest for ever, according to the order of Melchisedech. (aiōn g165)

7 In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.

Who in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offering up prayers and supplications to him that was able to save him from death, was heard for his reverence.

8 Even though he was the Son, he learned obedience from what he suffered.

And whereas indeed he was the Son of God, he learned obedience by the things which he suffered:

9 And having been made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him (aiōnios g166)

And being consummated, he became, to all that obey him, the cause of eternal salvation. (aiōnios g166)

10 and was designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.

Called by God a high priest according to the order of Melchisedech.

11 On this topic we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.

Of whom we have much to say, and hard to be intelligibly uttered: because you are become weak to hear.

12 For though you ought to be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food.

For whereas for the time you ought to be masters, you have need to be taught again what are the first elements of the words of God: and you are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.

13 Anyone who lives on milk is unacquainted with the teaching about righteousness, for he is an infant.

For every one that is a partaker of milk, is unskillful in the word of justice: for he is a little child.

14 But solid food is for the mature, whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish between good and evil.

But strong meat is for the perfect; for them who by custom have their senses exercised to the discerning of good and evil.