In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of BECOMING a high priest. But God said to him, "You are my son; today I have become your Father."

During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and PETITIONS with FERVENT CRIES and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.

Son though he was, he LEARNED OBEDIENCE from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the SCORCE of eternal salvation for all who obey him

Land that DRINKS in the RAIN OFTEN FALLING on it and that produces a CROP USEFUL to those for whom it is FARMED receives the blessing of God. But land that produces thorns and THISTLES is WORTHLESS and is in DANGER of being CURSED. In the end it will be burned.

We do not want you to become LAZY, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

We have this hope as an ANCHOR for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our FORERUNNER, Jesus, has entered on our BEHALF. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.

Because of this oath, Jesus has become the GUARANTOR of a better covenant.

Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to INTERCEDE for them.

Such a high priest TRULY MEETS our need - one who is holy, blameless, pure, set APART from sinners, EXALTED above the heavens.

UNLIKE the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.

For the law APPOINTS as high priests men in all their weaknesses; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

No longer will they teach their NEIGHBOR, or say to one another, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know me, from the LEAST of them to the greatest.

For I will FORGIVE their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.

But God found FAULT with the people and said: The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and lead them out of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and I turned away from them, declares the Lord.

But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a PART of this creation.

For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a RANSOM to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant

For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one, he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God's PRESENCE.

Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has APPEARED once for all at the CULMINATION of the AGES to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe.

The Son is the RADIANCE of God's glory and the EXACT REPRESENTATION of his being, SUSTAINING all things by his powerful word. After he had PROVIDED PURIFICATION for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

But about the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and HATED wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your COMPANIONS by ANOINTING you with the OIL of joy."

To which of the angels did God ever say, SIT at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?

But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might TASTE death for everyone.

how shall we escape if we IGNORE so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first ANNOUNCED by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. God also, testified to it by SIGNS, WONDERS and various MIRACLES, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit DISTRIBUTED according to his will.

Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.

In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was FITTING that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered.

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, FIX your thoughts on Jesus, whom we ACKNOWLEDGE as our apostle and high priest.

Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.

But Christ is faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.

For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every way, in order that he might become a MERCIFUL and faithful high priest in SERVICE to God and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.

Therefore, since the promise of ENTERING his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ASCENDED into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.

See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, UNBELIEVING heart that TURNS away from the living God. But ENCOURAGE one another DAILY, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be HARDENED by SIN'S DECEITFULNESS.

Let us then APPROACH God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

There remains, then, a SABBATH-REST for the people of God; for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.

Nothing in all creation is HIDDEN from God’s sight. Everything is UNCOVERED and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

For the word of God is alive and ACTIVE. SHARPER than any DOUBLE-EDGED sword, it PENETRATES even to DIVIDING soul and spirit, JOINTS and MARROW; it judges the thoughts and ATTITUDES of the heart.

For we do not have a high priest who is UNABLE to EMPATHIZE with our WEAKNESSES, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet he did not sin.