- Every high priest is selected from among men and is appointed to represent them in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
- He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness.
- This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.
- No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.
- So Christ also did not take upon himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father."
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- For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
- Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
- And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
- And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
- So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
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