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Hebrews 7
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The Messiah is Superior to Melchizedek

7Now this man Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the Most High God, met Abraham and blessed him when he was returning from defeating the kings.G1063G3778G3198G935G4532G2409G5310G2316G3588G4876G11G5290G575G2871G935G2532G2127G846
2Abraham gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything. In the first place, his name means "king of righteousness," and then he is also king of Salem, that is, "king of peace."G3739G2532G11G3307G1181G575G3956G4412G3303G2059G935G1343G1161G1899G2532G935G4532G3603G935G1515
3He has no father, mother, or genealogy, no birth date recorded for him, nor a date of death. Like the Son of God, he continues to be a priest forever.G540G282G35G2192G3383G746G2250G3383G5056G2222G1161G871G5207G2316G3306G2409G1519G1336
4Just look at how great this man was! Even Abraham - the patriarch himself - gave him a tenth of what he had captured!G1161G2334G4080G3778G3739G2532G3966G11G1325G1181G1537G205
5The descendants of Levi who accept the priesthood have a commandment in the law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their own brothers, even though they are also descendants of Abraham.G2532G3303G1537G5207G3017G3588G2983G2405G2192G1785G586G2992G2596G3551G5123G846G80G2539G1831G1537G3751G11
6But this man, whose descent is not traced from them, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the man who had received the promises.G1161G1075G3361G1075G1537G846G1183G11G2532G2127G2192G1860
7It is beyond dispute that the less important person is blessed by the more important person.G1161G5565G3956G485G1640G2127G5259G2909
8Mortal men collect tithes, but we are informed by Scripture that Melchizedek keeps on living.G2532G5602G3303G444G599G2983G1181G1161G1563G3140G3754G2198
9One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham,G2532G5613G2031G2036G3017G2532G3588G2983G1181G1183G1223G11
10because Levi was still inside his ancestor when Melchizedek met him.G1063G2258G2089G1722G3751G3962G3753G3198G4876G846
11Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood - for on this basis the people received the law - what further need would there be to speak of appointing another kind of priest according to the order of Melchizedek, not one according to the order of Aaron -G1487G3303G3767G5050G2258G1223G3020G2420G1063G1909G846G2992G3549G5101G2089G5532G2087G2409G450G2596G5010G3198G2532G3756G3004G2596G5010G2
12When a change in the priesthood takes place, there must also be a change in the law.G1063G2420G3346G1096G1537G318G3331G2532G3551
13For the person we are talking about belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar.G1063G1909G3739G5023G3004G3348G2087G5443G575G3739G3762G4337G2379
14Furthermore, it is obvious that our Lord was a descendant of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests coming from that tribe.G1063G4271G3754G2257G2962G393G1537G2455G1519G3739G5443G3475G2980G3762G4012G2420
15This point is even more obvious in that another priest who is like Melchizedek has appearedG2532G2076G2089G4054G2612G1487G2596G3665G3198G450G2087G2409
16who was appointed to be a priest, not on the basis of a genealogical registry, but rather on the power of an indestructible life.G3739G1096G3756G2596G3551G4559G1785G235G2596G1411G179G2222
17For it is declared about him, "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."G1063G3140G3754G4771G2409G1519G165G2596G5010G3198
18Indeed, because it was weak and ineffective, the former commandment has been annulled,G1063G1096G3303G115G1785G4254G1223G772G2532G512G846
19since the law made nothing perfect, and a better hope is presented, by which we approach God.G1063G3551G5048G3762G5048G1161G1898G2909G1680G1223G3739G1448G2316
20Now none of this happened without an oath. Others became priests without any oath,G2532G2596G3745G3756G5565G3728
21but Jesus became a priest with an oath when God said to him, "The Lord has taken an oath and will not change his mind. You are a priest forever."G1063G2409G3303G1526G1096G5565G3728G1161G3326G3728G1223G3004G4314G846G2962G3660G2532G3338G3756G3338G4771G2409G1519G165G2596G5010G3198
22In this way, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.G2596G5118G1096G2424G1096G1450G2909G1242
23There have been many priests, since each one of them had to stop serving in office when he died.G2532G1526G3303G1526G1096G4119G2409G2967G3887G1223G2288
24But because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.G1161G1223G846G3306G1519G165G2192G531G2420
25Therefore, because he always lives to intercede for them, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him.G3606G1410G2532G4982G1519G3838G4334G2316G1223G846G3842G2198G1519G1793G5228G846
26We need such a high priest - one who is holy, innocent, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.G1063G5108G749G4241G2254G3741G172G283G5563G575G268G2532G1096G5308G3772
27He has no need to offer sacrifices every day like high priests do, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he sacrificed himself.G3739G2192G318G3756G2596G2250G5618G749G399G2378G4386G5228G2398G266G1899G2992G1063G5124G4160G2178G399G1438
28For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promised oath, which came after the law, results in a Son who is eternally perfect.G1063G3551G2525G444G749G2192G769G1161G3056G3728G3588G3326G3551G5207G5048G1519G165


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