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Hebrews 5 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:1 - For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:2 - He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:3 - Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:4 - And no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, just as Aaron was.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:5 - So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him,
“You are my Son,
today I have begotten you”;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:6 - as he says also in another place,
“You are a priest forever,
after the order of Melchizedek.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:7 - In the days of his flesh, Jesus[fn] offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:8 - Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:9 - And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:10 - being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.

Warning Against Apostasy

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:11 - About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:12 - For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:13 - for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:14 - But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
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Hebrews Chapter 5 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Morphological Greek New Testament Textus Receptus Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras