Hebrews 7:23-27

23In the old way, there were many Levite priests. Each one of them died, so that they could not continue to serve God as priests.

24But Jesus lives for ever, so he will never stop being a priest.

25Jesus is always alive and he asks God to help his people. So he can completely save everyone who believes in him. He will lead them to God.

26Jesus is the kind of special priest that we need. He completely belongs to God. He has never done anything wrong. He is completely good and clean. He is separate from everyone who does wrong things. God has raised him up to the most important place in heaven.

27Jesus is not like the Levite priests. They need to offer sacrifices to God every day. First, they offer sacrifices so that God will forgive their own sins. Then they offer sacrifices on behalf of the other people, so that God will forgive their sins too. But Jesus offered one sacrifice for all time. That sacrifice was himself.