Hebrews 5 (NET)

Hebrews 5:1¹For every high priest is taken from among the people and appointed to represent them before God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hebrews 5:2²He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hebrews 5:3³and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hebrews 5:4⁴And no one assumes this honor on his own initiative, but only when called to it by God, as in fact Aaron was.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hebrews 5:5⁵So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him, “You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hebrews 5:6⁶as also in another place God says, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hebrews 5:7⁷During his earthly life Christ offered both requests 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 devotion.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hebrews 5:8⁸Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hebrews 5:9⁹And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hebrews 5:10¹⁰and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hebrews 5:11¹¹On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hebrews 5:12¹²For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hebrews 5:13¹³For everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, because he is an infant.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Hebrews 5:14¹⁴But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s