1^* Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.^* 2He is able to deal patiently^* with the ignorant and erring, for he himself is beset by weakness 3and so, for this reason, must make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people.^a 4No one takes this honor upon himself but only when called by God, just as Aaron was.^b 5In the same way, it was not Christ who glorified himself in becoming high priest, but rather the one who said to him:

“You are my son;

this day I have begotten you”;^c

6just as he says in another place:^*

“You are a priest forever

according to the order of Melchizedek.”^d

7In the days when he was in the flesh, he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death,^* and he was heard because of his reverence.^e 8Son though he was,^* he learned obedience from what he suffered;^f 9and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him,^g 10declared by God high priest according to the order of Melchizedek.^h