Hebrews:5
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For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God ,
that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins .
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He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray ,
since he himself is also encompassed by weakness .
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Because of this he is required as for the people ,
so also for himself ,
to offer sacrifices for sins .
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And no man takes this honor to himself ,
but he who is called by God ,
just as Aaron was .
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So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest ,
but it was He who said to Him :
You are My Son ,
today I have begotten You .
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As He also says in another place :
You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek ;
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who ,
in the days of His flesh ,
when He had offered up prayers and supplications ,
with vehement cries and tears to Him who had the power to save Him from death ,
and was heard because of His godly fear ,
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though He was a Son ,
yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered .
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And having been found perfect ,
He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him ,
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called by God ,
High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek ,
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of whom we have much to say ,
and hard to explain with words ,
since you have become dull of hearing .
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For though by this time you ought to be teachers ,
you need someone to teach you again the rudimentary principles of the Words of God ;
and you have come to need milk and not solid food .
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For everyone who partakes only of milk is without experience in the Word of Righteousness ,
for he is an infant .
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But solid food belongs to those who are of full age ,
that is ,
those who by reason of use have their understanding exercised to discern both good and evil .