58_HEB_07_01 for this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, And blessed him;
58_HEB_07_02 to whom also Abraham gave A tenth part of all; first being by interpretation king of righteousness, And after that also king of Salem, which Is, king of peace;
58_HEB_07_03 without Father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the son of God; abideth A priest continually.
58_HEB_07_04 now consider how great this man [ was], unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
58_HEB_07_05 And Verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have A commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that Is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
58_HEB_07_06 but he whose descent Is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, And blessed him that had the promises.
58_HEB_07_07 And without all contradiction the less Is blessed of the Better.
58_HEB_07_08 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he [ receiveth them], of whom it Is witnessed that he liveth.
58_HEB_07_09 And as I may So say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
58_HEB_07_10 for he was yet in the loins of his Father, when Melchisedec met him.
58_HEB_07_11 if therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, [ for under it the people received the law,] what further need [ was there] that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, And not be called after the order of Aaron?
58_HEB_07_12 for the priesthood being changed, there Is made of necessity A change also of the law.
58_HEB_07_13 for he of whom These things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
58_HEB_07_14 for [ it Is] evident that our LORD sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
58_HEB_07_15 And it Is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
58_HEB_07_16 who Is made, not after the law of A carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
58_HEB_07_17 for he testifieth, thou [ art] A priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
58_HEB_07_18 for there Is Verily A disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness And unprofitableness thereof.
58_HEB_07_19 for the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of A Better hope [ did]; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
58_HEB_07_20 And inasmuch as not without an oath [ he was made priest]:
58_HEB_07_21 [ for those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, the LORD sware And will not repent, thou [ art] A priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:]
58_HEB_07_22 by So much was Jesus made A surety of A Better testament.
58_HEB_07_23 And they truly were Many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
58_HEB_07_24 but this [ man], because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
58_HEB_07_25 Wherefore he Is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
58_HEB_07_26 for such an high priest became us, [ who Is] holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, And made higher than the heavens;
58_HEB_07_27 who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, And Then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
58_HEB_07_28 for the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, [ maketh] the son, who Is consecrated for evermore.