Hebrews 5

1. ¹For every high priest taken from amongst men is established for men in things relating to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;
2. ²being able to exercise forbearance towards the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is clothed with infirmity;
3. ³and, on account of this [supplied: infirmity], he ought, even as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
4. ⁴And no one takes the honour to himself but [supplied: as] called by God, even as Aaron also.
5. ⁵Thus the Christ also has not glorified himself to be made a high priest; but he who had said to him, *Thou* art my Son, *I* have to-day begotten thee.
6. ⁶Even as also in another [supplied: place] he says, *Thou* [supplied: art] a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec.
7. ⁷Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears; (and having been heard because of his piety;)
8. ⁸though he were Son, he learned obedience from the things which he suffered;
9. ⁹and having been perfected, became to all them that obey him, author of eternal salvation;
10. ¹⁰addressed by God [supplied: as] high priest according to the order of Melchisedec.
11. ¹¹Concerning whom we have much to say, and hard to be interpreted in speaking [supplied: of it], since ye are become dull in hearing.
12. ¹²For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have again need that [supplied: one] should teach you what [supplied: are] the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk, [supplied: and] not of solid food.
13. ¹³For every one that partakes of milk [supplied: is] unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe;
14. ¹⁴but solid food belongs to full-grown men, who, on account of habit, have their senses exercised for distinguishing both good and evil.

Words in italics were supplied by the translators.

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