¹For every high priest , being taken from amongst men , is appointed for men in things pertaining to God , that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

²The high priest can deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray , because he himself is also surrounded with weakness.

³Because of this , he must offer sacrifices for sins for the people , as well as for himself .

⁴Nobody takes this honour on himself , but he is called by God , just like Aaron was .

⁵So also Christ didn’t glorify himself to be made a high priest, but it was he who said to him ,

“You are my Son .

Today I have become your father .”

⁶As he says also in another place ,

“You are a priest forever ,

after the order of Melchizedek .”

⁷He , in the days of his flesh , having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death , and having been heard for his godly fear ,

⁸though he was a Son , yet learnt obedience by the things which he suffered .

⁹Having been made perfect , he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation ,

¹⁰named by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek .

¹¹About him we have many words to say , and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.

¹²For although by this time you should be teachers , you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the revelations of God . You have come to need milk , and not solid food .

¹³For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness , for he is a baby.

¹⁴But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil .