<vn='1'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3778">this</s><sn="3198">Melchizedek</s>, <sn="935">king</s> of <sn="4532">Salem</s>, <sn="2409">priest</s> of <sn="3588">the</s> most <sn="5310">high</s><sn="2316">God</s>, who <sn="4876">met</s><sn="11">Abraham</s><sn="5290">returning</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2871">slaughter</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="935">kings</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2127">blessed</s><sn="846">him</s>; </v>
<vn='2'>To <sn="3739">whom</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="11">Abraham</s><sn="3307">gave</s> a tenth <sn="1181">part</s><sn="575">of</s><sn="3956">all</s>; <sn="4412 3303">first</s> being by <sn="2059">interpretation</s><sn="935">King</s> of <sn="1343">righteousness</s>, <sn="1161">and</s> after <sn="1899">that</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="935">King</s> of <sn="4532">Salem</s>, which <sn="3603">is</s>, <sn="935">King</s> of <sn="1515">peace</s>; </v>
<vn='3'>Without <sn="540">father</s>, without <sn="282">mother</s>, without <sn="35">descent</s>, <sn="2192">having</s><sn="3383">neither</s><sn="746">beginning</s> of <sn="2250">days</s>, <sn="3383">nor</s><sn="5056">end</s> of <sn="2222">life</s>; <sn="1161">but</s> made like <sn="871">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>; <sn="3306">abideth</s> a <sn="2409">priest</s><sn="1519 1336">continually</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="1161">Now</s><sn="2334">consider</s> how <sn="4080">great</s> this <sn="3778">man</s> was, unto <sn="3739">whom</s><sn="2532">even</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3966">patriarch</s><sn="11">Abraham</s><sn="1325">gave</s> the <sn="1181">tenth</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="205">spoils</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3303">verily</s><sn="3588">they</s> that are <sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">sons</s> of <sn="3017">Levi</s>, who <sn="2983">receive</s><sn="3588">the</s> office of the <sn="2405">priesthood</s>, <sn="2192">have</s> a <sn="1785">commandment</s> to take <sn="586">tithes</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s><sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s>, that <sn="5123">is</s>, of <sn="848">their</s><sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="2539">though</s> they <sn="1831">come</s> out <sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3751">loins</s> of <sn="11">Abraham</s>: </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">But</s> he whose descent is not <sn="1075 3361">counted</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="846">them</s> received <sn="1183">tithes</s> of <sn="11">Abraham</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2127">blessed</s> him that <sn="2192">had</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1860">promises</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="5565">without</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="485">contradiction</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1640">less</s> is <sn="2127">blessed</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2909">better</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="5602 3303">here</s><sn="444">men</s> that <sn="599">die</s><sn="2983">receive</s><sn="1181">tithes</s>; <sn="1161">but</s><sn="1563">there</s> he receiveth them, of whom it is <sn="3140">witnessed</s><sn="3754">that</s> he <sn="2198">liveth</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2532">And</s> as I may so <sn="5613 2031 2036">say</s>, <sn="3017">Levi</s><sn="2532">also</s>, who <sn="2983">receiveth</s><sn="1181">tithes</s>, paid <sn="1183">tithes</s><sn="1223">in</s><sn="11">Abraham</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1063">For</s> he <sn="2258">was</s><sn="2089">yet</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3751">loins</s> of his <sn="3962">father</s>, <sn="3753">when</s><sn="3198">Melchizedek</s><sn="4876">met</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1487">If</s><sn="3767">therefore</s><sn="5050">perfection</s><sn="2258">were</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3020">Levitical</s><sn="2420">priesthood</s>, ( <sn="1063">for</s><sn="1909">under</s><sn="846">it</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s> received the <sn="3549">law</s>,) <sn="5101">what</s><sn="2089">further</s><sn="5532">need</s> was there that <sn="2087">another</s><sn="2409">priest</s> should <sn="450">rise</s><sn="2596">after</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5010">order</s> of <sn="3198">Melchizedek</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3756">not</s> be <sn="3004">called</s><sn="2596">after</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5010">order</s> of <sn="2">Aaron</s>? </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2420">priesthood</s> being <sn="3346">changed</s>, there is <sn="1096">made</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="318">necessity</s> a <sn="3331">change</s><sn="2532">also</s> of the <sn="3551">law</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1063">For</s> he <sn="1909">of</s><sn="3739">whom</s> these <sn="5023">things</s> are <sn="3004">spoken</s><sn="3348">pertaineth</s> to <sn="2087">another</s><sn="5443">tribe</s>, <sn="575">of</s><sn="3739">which</s> no <sn="3762">man</s> gave <sn="4337">attendance</s> at <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2379">altar</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1063">For</s> it is <sn="4271">evident</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="393">sprang</s> out <sn="1537">of</s><sn="2455">Judah</s>; <sn="1519">of</s><sn="3739">which</s><sn="5443">tribe</s><sn="3475">Moses</s><sn="2980">spake</s><sn="3762">nothing</s><sn="4012">concerning</s><sn="2420">priesthood</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2532">And</s> it <sn="2076">is</s><sn="2089">yet</s> far <sn="4054">more</s><sn="2612">evident</s>: for <sn="1487">that</s><sn="2596">after</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3665">similitude</s> of <sn="3198">Melchizedek</s> there <sn="450">ariseth</s><sn="2087">another</s><sn="2409">priest</s>, </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3739">Who</s> is <sn="1096">made</s>, <sn="3756">not</s><sn="2596">after</s> the <sn="3551">law</s> of a <sn="4559">carnal</s><sn="1785">commandment</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2596">after</s> the <sn="1411">power</s> of an <sn="179">endless</s><sn="2222">life</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1063">For</s> he <sn="3140">testifieth</s>, <sn="4771">Thou</s> art a <sn="2409">priest</s><sn="1519 165">forever</s><sn="2596">after</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5010">order</s> of <sn="3198">Melchizedek</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1063">For</s> there <sn="1096">is</s><sn="3303">verily</s> a <sn="115">disannulling</s> of the <sn="1785">commandment</s> going <sn="4254">before</s><sn="1223">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="772">weakness</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="512">unprofitableness</s><sn="846">thereof</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s> made nothing <sn="5048 3762">perfect</s>, <sn="1161">but</s> the bringing <sn="1898">in</s> of a <sn="2909">better</s><sn="1680">hope</s> did; <sn="1223">by</s> the <sn="3739">which</s> we draw <sn="1448">nigh</s> unto <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2532">And</s> inasmuch <sn="2596 3745">as</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="5565">without</s> an <sn="3728">oath</s> he was made priest: </v>
<vn='21'>( <sn="1063">For</s> those <sn="2409">priests</s><sn="1526">were</s><sn="1096">made</s><sn="5565">without</s> an <sn="3728">oath</s>; <sn="1161">but</s><sn="3588">this</s><sn="3326">with</s> an <sn="3728">oath</s><sn="1223">by</s> him that <sn="3004">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s>, The <sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="3660">swore</s><sn="2532">and</s> will <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3338">repent</s>, <sn="4771">Thou</s> art a <sn="2409">priest</s><sn="1519 165">forever</s><sn="2596">after</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5010">order</s> of <sn="3198">Melchizedek</s>:) </v>
<vn='22'><sn="2596">By</s> so <sn="5118">much</s> was <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="1096">made</s> a <sn="1450">surety</s> of a <sn="2909">better</s><sn="1242">testament</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">they</s><sn="3303">truly</s><sn="1526">were</s><sn="4119">many</s><sn="2409">priests</s>, because they were not <sn="2967">suffered</s> to <sn="3887">continue</s> by reason of <sn="2288">death</s>: </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3588">this</s> man, because <sn="846">he</s><sn="3306">continueth</s><sn="1519 165">ever</s>, <sn="2192">hath</s> an <sn="531">unchangeable</s><sn="2420">priesthood</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="3606">Wherefore</s> he is <sn="1410">able</s><sn="2532">also</s> to <sn="4982">save</s> them <sn="1519">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3838">uttermost</s> that <sn="4334">come</s> unto <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="846">him</s>, seeing he <sn="3842">ever</s><sn="2198">liveth</s> to make <sn="1793">intercession</s><sn="5228">for</s><sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="5108">such</s> a high <sn="749">priest</s><sn="4241">became</s><sn="2254">us</s>, who is <sn="3741">holy</s>, <sn="172">harmless</s>, <sn="283">undefiled</s>, <sn="5563">separate</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="268">sinners</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1096">made</s><sn="5308">higher</s> than <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3772">heavens</s>; </v>
<vn='27'><sn="3739">Who</s><sn="2192 318">needeth</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="2596 2250">daily</s>, <sn="5618">as</s> those high <sn="749">priests</s>, to offer <sn="399">up</s><sn="2378">sacrifice</s>, <sn="4386">first</s><sn="5228">for</s> his <sn="2398">own</s><sn="266">sins</s>, and <sn="1899">then</s><sn="*3588">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s> 's: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="5124">this</s> he <sn="4160">did</s><sn="2178">once</s>, when he offered <sn="399">up</s><sn="1438">himself</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s><sn="2525">maketh</s><sn="444">men</s> high <sn="749">priests</s> which <sn="2192">have</s><sn="769">infirmity</s>; <sn="1161">but</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">word</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3728">oath</s>, <sn="3588">which</s> was <sn="3326">since</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s>, maketh the <sn="5207">Son</s>, who is <sn="5048">consecrated</s><sn="1519 165">forevermore</s>. </v>