Hebrews 5

1 Every high priest is chosen from among other people. He is given the work of going before God for them to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.2 Since he himself is weak, he is able to be gentle with those who do not understand and who are doing wrong things.

3 Because he is weak, the high priest must offer sacrifices for his own sins and also for the sins of the people.
4 To be a high priest is an honor, but no one chooses himself for this work. He must be called by God as Aaron 

5 So also Christ did not choose himself to have the honor of being a high priest, but God chose him. God said to him,
“You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.” t

6 And in another Scripture God says,
“You are a priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek.” 7 While Jesus lived on earth, he prayed to God and asked God for help. He prayed with loud cries and tears to the One who could save him from death, and his prayer was heard because he trusted God.8 Even though Jesus was the Son of God, he learned obedience by what he suffered.9 And because his obedience was perfect, he was able to give eternal salvation to all who obey him.

10 In this way God made Jesus a high priest, a priest like Melchizedek.

Warning Against Falling Away

11 We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are so slow to understand.12 By now you should be teachers, but you need someone to teach you again the first lessons of God’s message. You still need the teaching that is like milk. You are not ready for solid food.13 Anyone who lives on milk is still a baby and knows nothing about right teaching.14 But solid food is for those who are grown up. They are mature enough to know the difference between good and evil.

Hebrews 5

1 For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:2 who can bear gently with the ignorant and erring, for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity;3 and by reason thereof is bound, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.4 And no man taketh the honor unto himself, but when he is called of God, even as was Aaron.5 So Christ also glorified not himself to be made a high priest, but he that spake unto him, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee:

6 as he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever After the order of Melchizedek.

7 Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,8 though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered;9 and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;10 named of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard of interpretation, seeing ye are become dull of hearing.12 For when by reason of the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need again that some one teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.13 For every one that partaketh of milk is without experience of the word of righteousness; for he is a babe.14 But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.