Hebrews, Chapter 5

1. For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things having to do with God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:    2. Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on those who have gone astray; because he himself also is subject to weakness.    3. And because of this he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.    4. And no one takes this honor to himself, except he that is called by God, as was Aaron.    5. So also Christ did not glorify himself to be made a high priest; but he who said to him, Thou art my Son, today have I begotten thee.    6. As he says also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek;    7. Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to him that was able to save him from death, and was heard out of his fear;    8. Though he was a Son, yet he learned obedience by the things which he suffered;    9. And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation to all those who obey him;    10. Called by God a high priest after the order of Melchisedek;    11. Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be explained, seeing you are dull of hearing.    12. For when by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again what are the first principles of the things spoken by God; and have become such as have need of milk, and not of strong food.    13. For every one that uses milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.    14. But strong food belongs to those who are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.