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1 # For <1063> this <3778> Melchisedec <3198>, king <935> of Salem <4532>, priest <2409> of the most high <5310> God <2316>, who <3588> met <4876> (5660) Abraham <11> returning <5290> (5723) from <575> the slaughter <2871> of the kings <935>, and <2532> blessed <2127> (5660) him <846>;
2 To whom <3739> also <2532> Abraham <11> gave <3307> (5656) a tenth part <1181> of <575> all <3956>; first <4412> <3303> being by interpretation <2059> (5746) King <935> of righteousness <1343>, and <1161> after that <1899> also <2532> King <935> of Salem <4532>, which is <3603> (5748), King <935> of peace <1515>;
3 Without father <540>, without mother <282>, without descent <35>, having <2192> (5723) neither <3383> beginning <746> of days <2250>, nor <3383> end <5056> of life <2222>; but <1161> made like <871> (5772) unto the Son <5207> of God <2316>; abideth <3306> (5719) a priest <2409> continually <1519> <1336>.
4 Now <1161> consider <2334> (5719) how great <4080> this man <3778> was, unto whom <3739> even <2532> the patriarch <3966> Abraham <11> gave <1325> (5656) the tenth <1181> of <1537> the spoils <205> .
5 And <2532> verily <3303> they that are of <1537> the sons <5207> of Levi <3017>, who <3588> receive <2983> (5723) the office of the priesthood <2405>, have <2192> (5719) a commandment <1785> to take tithes <586> (5721) of the people <2992> according to <2596> the law <3551>, that is <5123> (5748), of their <846> brethren <80>, though <2539> they come <1831> (5761) out of <1537> the loins <3751> of Abraham <11>:
6 But <1161> he whose descent is <1075> <0> not <3361> counted <1075> (5746) from <1537> them <846> received tithes <1183> (5758) of Abraham <11>, and <2532> blessed <2127> (5758) him that had <2192> (5723) the promises <1860>.
7 And <1161> without <5565> all <3956> contradiction <485> the less <1640> is blessed <2127> (5743) of <5259> the better <2909>.
8 And <2532> here <5602> <3303> men <444> that die <599> (5723) receive <2983> (5719) tithes <1181>; but <1161> there <1563> he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed <3140> (5746) that <3754> he liveth <2198> (5719).
9 And <2532> as <5613> I may so say <2031> <2036> (5629), Levi <3017> also <2532>, who <3588> receiveth <2983> (5723) tithes <1181>, payed tithes <1183> (5769) in <1223> Abraham <11>.
10 For <1063> he was <2258> (5713) yet <2089> in <1722> the loins <3751> of his father <3962> , when <3753> Melchisedec <3198> met <4876> (5656) him <846>.
11 # If <1487> <3303> therefore <3767> perfection <5050> were <2258> (5713) by <1223> the Levitical <3020> priesthood <2420>, (for <1063> under <1909> it <846> the people <2992> received the law <3549> (5718),) what <5101> further <2089> need <5532> was there that another <2087> priest <2409> should rise <450> (5733) after <2596> the order <5010> of Melchisedec <3198>, and <2532> not <3756> be called <3004> (5745) after <2596> the order <5010> of Aaron <2>?
12 For <1063> the priesthood <2420> being changed <3346> (5746), there is made <1096> (5736) of <1537> necessity <318> a change <3331> also <2532> of the law <3551>.
13 For <1063> he of <1909> whom <3739> these things <5023> are spoken <3004> (5743) pertaineth <3348> (5758) to another <2087> tribe <5443>, of <575> which <3739> no man <3762> gave attendance <4337> (5758) at the altar <2379>.
14 For <1063> it is evident <4271> that <3754> our <2257> Lord <2962> sprang <393> (5758) out of <1537> Juda <2455>; of <1519> which <3739> tribe <5443> Moses <3475> spake <2980> (5656) nothing <3762> concerning <4012> priesthood <2420>.
15 And <2532> it is <2076> (5748) yet <2089> far more <4054> evident <2612>: for <1487> that after <2596> the similitude <3665> of Melchisedec <3198> there ariseth <450> (5731) another <2087> priest <2409> ,
16 Who <3739> is made <1096> (5754), not <3756> after <2596> the law <3551> of a carnal <4559> commandment <1785>, but <235> after <2596> the power <1411> of an endless <179> life <2222>.
17 For <1063> he testifieth <3140> (5719), <3754> Thou <4771> art a priest <2409> for <1519> ever <165> after <2596> the order <5010> of Melchisedec <3198>.
18 For <1063> there is <1096> (5736) verily <3303> a disannulling <115> of the commandment <1785> going before <4254> (5723) for <1223> the weakness <772> and <2532> unprofitableness <512> thereof <846>.
19 For <1063> the law <3551> made <5048> <0> nothing <3762> perfect <5048> (5656), but <1161> the bringing in <1898> of a better <2909> hope <1680> did; by <1223> the which <3739> we draw nigh <1448> (5719) unto God <2316>.
 - HOPE
20 And <2532> inasmuch as <2596> <3745> not <3756> without <5565> an oath <3728> he was made priest:
21 (For <1063> those priests <2409> were <3303> <1526> (5748) made <1096> (5756) without <5565> an oath <3728>; but <1161> this with <3326> an oath <3728> by <1223> him that said <3004> (5723) unto <4314> him <846>, The Lord <2962> sware <3660> (5656) and <2532> will <3338> <0> not <3756> repent <3338> (5700), Thou <4771> art a priest <2409> for <1519> ever <165> after <2596> the order <5010> of Melchisedec <3198>:)
22 By <2596> so much <5118> was <1096> <0> Jesus <2424> made <1096> (5754) a surety <1450> of a better <2909> testament <1242>.
23 And <2532> they <1526> <0> truly <3303> were <1526> (5748) <1096> (5756) many <4119> priests <2409>, because they were not suffered <2967> (5745) to continue <3887> (5721) by reason of <1223> death <2288>:
24 But <1161> this man, because <1223> he <846> continueth <3306> (5721) ever <1519> <165>, hath <2192> (5719) an unchangeable <531> priesthood <2420>.
25 Wherefore <3606> he is able <1410> (5736) also <2532> to save them <4982> (5721) to <1519> the uttermost <3838> that come <4334> (5740) unto God <2316> by <1223> him <846>, seeing he ever <3842> liveth <2198> (5723) to <1519> make intercession <1793> (5721) for <5228> them <846>.
 - GOOD NEWS
26 For <1063> such <5108> an high priest <749> became <4241> (5707) us <2254>, who is holy <3741>, harmless <172>, undefiled <283>, separate <5563> (5772) from <575> sinners <268>, and <2532> made <1096> (5637) higher than <5308> the heavens <3772>;
27 Who <3739> needeth <2192> (5719) <318> not <3756> daily <2596> <2250>, as <5618> those high priests <749>, to offer up <399> (5721) sacrifice <2378>, first <4386> for <5228> his own <2398> sins <266>, and then <1899> for the people's <2992>: for <1063> this <5124> he did <4160> (5656) once <2178> , when he offered up <399> (5660) himself <1438>.
28 For <1063> the law <3551> maketh <2525> (5719) men <444> high priests <749> which have <2192> (5723) infirmity <769>; but <1161> the word <3056> of the oath <3728>, which <3588> was since <3326> the law <3551>, maketh the Son <5207>, who is consecrated <5048> (5772) for <1519> evermore <165>.