Hebrews 7:11-28

111NowG3767 ifG1487 perfectionG5050 was throughG1223 the LeviticalG3020 priesthoodG2420 (for on the basisG1909 of it 2the peopleG2992 receivedG3549 the LawG3549), whatG5101 furtherG2089 needG5532 was there for anotherG2087 priestG2409 to ariseG450 3accordingG2596 to the orderG5010 of MelchizedekG3198, and not be designatedG3004 accordingG2596 to the orderG5010 of AaronG2? 12For when the priesthoodG2420 is changedG3346, of necessityG318 there takesG1096 placeG1096 a changeG3331 of lawG3551 alsoG2532. 13For 4the one concerningG1909 whomG3739 5theseG3778 thingsG3778 are spokenG3004 belongsG3348 to anotherG2087 tribeG5443, from whichG3739 noG3762 oneG3762 has officiatedG4337 at the altarG2379. 14For it is evidentG4271 that our LordG2962 6was 7descendedG393 from JudahG2455, a tribeG5443 with referenceG1519 to whichG3739 MosesG3475 spokeG2980 nothingG3762 concerningG4012 priestsG2409. 15And this is clearerG2612 stillG2089, ifG1487 anotherG2087 priestG2409 arisesG450 accordingG2596 to the likenessG3665 of MelchizedekG3198, 16whoG3739 has becomeG1096 such not on the basisG2596 of a lawG3551 of 89physicalG4560 requirementG1785, but accordingG2596 to the powerG1411 of 10an indestructibleG179 lifeG2222. 17For it is attestedG3140 of Him, “11You are a priestG2409 foreverG165 AccordingG2596 to the orderG5010 of MelchizedekG3198.” 18For, on the oneG3303 handG3303, there is a settingG115 asideG115 of a formerG4254 commandmentG1785 12becauseG1223 of its weaknessG772 and uselessnessG512 19(for 13the LawG3551 madeG5048 nothingG3762 perfectG5048), and on the otherG1161 handG1161 there is a bringingG1898 in of a betterG2909 14hopeG1680, throughG1223 whichG3739 we 15drawG1448 nearG1448 to GodG2316. 20And inasmuchG2596G3745 as it was not withoutG5565 an oathG3728 21(for they indeedG3303 becameG1096 priestsG2409 withoutG5565 an oathG3728, but He with an oathG3728 throughG1223 the One who saidG3004 to Him, “16The LordG2962 has swornG3660 And 17will not changeG3338 His mindG3338, ‘You are a priestG2409 18foreverG165’”); 22soG5118 muchG5118 the moreG2596 alsoG2532 JesusG2424 has becomeG1096 the 19guaranteeG1450 of 20a betterG2909 covenantG1242.

2321The former priestsG2409, on the oneG3303 handG3303, existedG1510G1096 in greaterG4183 numbersG4183 becauseG1223 they were preventedG2967 by deathG2288 from continuingG3887, 24but Jesus, on the otherG1161 handG1161, becauseG1223 He continuesG3306 22foreverG165, holdsG2192 His priesthoodG2420 permanentlyG531. 25ThereforeG3606 He is ableG1410 alsoG2532 to 23saveG4982 24foreverG1519G3838 thoseG3588 who 25drawG4334 nearG4334 to GodG2316 throughG1223 Him, since He alwaysG3842 livesG2198 to 26makeG1793 intercessionG1793 for them.

26For it was fittingG4241 for us to have suchG5108 a 27highG749 priestG749, 28holyG3741, 29innocentG172, undefiledG283, separatedG5563 from sinnersG268 and 30exaltedG5308 above the heavensG3772; 27whoG3739 does not needG318 dailyG2596G2250, likeG5618 thoseG3588 highG749 priestsG749, to 31offerG399 up sacrificesG2378, 32firstG4387 for His ownG2398 sinsG266 and thenG1899 for the sins of the peopleG2992, becauseG1063 thisG3778 He didG4160 33onceG2178 for allG2178 when He 34offeredG399 up HimselfG1438. 28For the LawG3551 appointsG2525 menG444 as highG749 priestsG749 35who are weakG769, but the wordG3056 of the oathG3728, which came afterG3326 the LawG3551, appoints 36a SonG5207, 37madeG5048 perfectG5048 foreverG165.