1For[G1063]this[G3778]Melchisedec[G3198], king[G935] of Salem[G4532], priest[G2409] of the most high[G5310]God[G2316], who[G3588]met[G4876]Abraham[G11]returning[G5290]from[G575] the slaughter[G2871] of the kings[G935], and[G2532]blessed[G2127]him[G846];
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To whom[G3739]also[G2532]Abraham[G11]gave[G3307] a tenth part[G1181]of[G575]all[G3956]; first[G4412] being by interpretation[G2059]King[G935]of[G575]righteousness[G1343], and[G1161] after that[G1899]also[G2532]King[G935]of[G575]Salem[G4532], which is[G3603], King[G935]of[G575]peace[G1515];
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Without father[G540], without mother[G282], without descent[G35], having[G2192]neither[G3383]beginning[G746] of days[G2250], nor[G3383]end[G5056] of life[G2222]; but[G1161] made like[G871] unto the Son[G5207] of God[G2316]; abideth[G3306] a priest[G2409]continually[G1519].
4Now[G1161]consider[G2334] how great[G4080] this man[G3778] was, unto whom[G3739]even[G2532] the patriarch[G3966]Abraham[G11]gave[G1325] the tenth[G1181]of[G1537] the spoils[G205].
5And[G2532]verily[G3303] they that are of[G1537] the sons[G5207]of[G1537]Levi[G3017], who[G3588]receive[G2983] the office of[G1537] the priesthood[G2405], have[G2192] a commandment[G1785]to[G2596] take tithes[G586]of[G1537] the people[G2992] according to[G2596] the law[G3551], that is[G5123], of[G1537]their[G846]brethren[G80], though[G2539] they come[G1831] out of[G1537] the loins[G3751]of[G1537]Abraham[G11]:
6But[G1161] he whose descent is[G1075]not[G3361]counted[G1075]from[G1537]them[G846] received tithes[G1183] of Abraham[G11], and[G2532]blessed[G2127] him that had[G2192] the promises[G1860].
7And[G1161]without[G5565]all[G3956]contradiction[G485] the less[G1640] is blessed[G2127]of[G5259] the better[G2909].
8And[G2532]here[G5602]men[G444]that[G3754]die[G599]receive[G2983]tithes[G1181]; but[G1161]there[G1563] he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed[G3140]that[G3754] he liveth[G2198].
9And[G2532]as[G5613] I may so say[G2031], Levi[G3017]also[G2532], who[G3588]receiveth[G2983]tithes[G1181], payed tithes[G1183]in[G1223]Abraham[G11].
10For[G1063] he was[G2258]yet[G2089]in[G1722] the loins[G3751] of his father[G3962], when[G3753]Melchisedec[G3198]met[G4876]him[G846].
11If[G1487]therefore[G3767]perfection[G5050]were[G2258]by[G1223] the Levitical[G3020] priesthood,(for under[G1909]it[G846] the people[G2992] received the law[G3549],) what[G5101]further[G2089]need[G5532] was there that another[G2087]priest[G2409] should rise[G450]after[G2596] the order[G5010] of Melchisedec[G3198], and[G2532]not[G3756] be called[G3004]after[G2596] the order[G5010] of Aaron?[G2]
12For[G1063] the priesthood[G2420] being changed[G3346], there is made[G1096]of[G1537]necessity[G318] a change[G3331]also[G2532]of[G1537] the law[G3551].
13For[G1063] he of[G1909]whom[G3739] these things[G5023] are spoken[G3004]pertaineth[G3348] to another[G2087]tribe[G5443], of[G575]which[G3739] no man[G3762] gave attendance[G4337] at the altar[G2379].
14For[G1063] it is evident[G4271]that[G3754]our[G2257]Lord[G2962]sprang[G393] out of[G1537]Juda[G2455]; of[G1519]which[G3739]tribe[G5443]Moses[G3475]spake[G2980]nothing[G3762]concerning[G4012]priesthood[G2420].
15And[G2532] it is[G2076]yet[G2089] far more[G4054]evident[G2612]: for[G1487] that after[G2596] the similitude[G3665] of Melchisedec[G3198] there ariseth[G450]another[G2087]priest[G2409],
16Who[G3739] is made[G1096], not[G3756]after[G2596] the law[G3551] of a carnal[G4559]commandment[G1785], but[G235]after[G2596] the power[G1411] of an endless[G179]life[G2222].
17For[G1063] he testifieth[G3140], Thou[G4771] art a priest[G2409]for[G1519]ever[G165]after[G2596] the order[G5010] of Melchisedec[G3198].
18For[G1063] there is[G1096]verily[G3303] a disannulling[G115] of the commandment[G1785] going before[G4254]for[G1223] the weakness[G772]and[G2532]unprofitableness[G512]thereof[G846].
19For[G1063] the law[G3551]made[G5048]nothing[G3762]perfect[G5048], but[G1161] the bringing in[G1898] of a better[G2909]hope[G1680] did; by[G1223] the which[G3739] we draw nigh[G1448] unto God[G2316].
20And[G2532] inasmuch as[G2596]not[G3756]without[G5565] an oath[G3728] he was made priest:
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(For[G1063] those priests[G2409]were[G3303]made[G1096]without[G5565] an oath[G3728]; but[G1161] this with[G3326] an oath[G3728]by[G1223]him[G846] that said[G3004]unto[G4314]him[G846], The Lord[G2962]sware[G3660]and[G2532]will[G3338]not[G3756]repent[G3338], Thou[G4771] art a priest[G2409]for[G1519]ever[G165]after[G2596] the order[G5010] of Melchisedec[G3198]:)
22By[G2596] so much[G5118]was[G1096]Jesus[G2424]made[G1096] a surety[G1450] of a better[G2909]testament[G1242].
23And[G2532]they[G1526]truly[G3303]were[G1526]many[G4119]priests[G2409], because they[G1526]were[G1096] not suffered[G2967] to continue[G3887] by reason of[G1223]death[G2288]:
24But[G1161] this man, because[G1223]he[G846]continueth[G3306]ever[G1519], hath[G2192] an unchangeable[G531]priesthood[G2420].
25Wherefore[G3606] he is able[G1410]also[G2532]to[G1519] save them[G4982]to[G1519] the uttermost[G3838] that come[G4334] unto God[G2316]by[G1223]him[G846], seeing he ever[G3842]liveth[G2198]to[G1519] make intercession[G1793]for[G5228]them[G846].
26For[G1063]such[G5108] an high priest[G749]became[G4241]us[G2254], who is holy[G3741], harmless[G172], undefiled[G283], separate[G5563]from[G575]sinners[G268], and[G2532]made[G1096] higher than[G5308] the heavens[G3772];
27Who[G3739]needeth[G2192]not[G3756]daily[G2596], as[G5618] those high priests[G749], to offer up[G399]sacrifice[G2378], first[G4386]for[G5228] his own[G2398]sins[G266], and then[G1899]for[G1063] the people's: for[G1063]this[G5124] he did[G4160]once[G2178], when he offered up[G399]himself[G1438].
28For[G1063] the law[G3551]maketh[G2525]men[G444] high priests[G749]which[G3588]have[G2192]infirmity[G769]; but[G1161] the word[G3056] of the oath[G3728], which[G3588] was since[G3326] the law[G3551], maketh[G2525] the Son[G5207], who is consecrated[G5048]for[G1519]evermore[G165].