16 Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time.

The Messiah, a High Priest

For every high priest taken from men is appointed in service[a] to God for the people, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he is also subject to weakness.(A) Because of this, he must make a sin offering for himself as well as for the people.(B) No one takes this honor on himself; instead, a person is called by God, just as Aaron was.(C) In the same way, the Messiah did not exalt Himself to become a high priest, but the One who said to Him, You are My Son; today I have become Your Father,(D)[b] also said in another passage, You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.(E)[c]

18 Then Melchizedek, king of Salem,[a](A) brought out bread and wine; he was a priest to God Most High.(B) 19 He blessed him and said:

Abram is blessed by God Most High,
Creator[b] of heaven and earth,
20 and I give praise to[c] God Most High
who has handed over your enemies to you.

And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 14:18 = Jerusalem
  2. Genesis 14:19 Or Possessor
  3. Genesis 14:20 Or and blessed be

Psalm 110

The Priestly King

A Davidic psalm.

This is the declaration of the Lord
to my Lord:
“Sit at My right hand
until I make Your enemies Your footstool.”(A)
The Lord will extend Your mighty scepter from Zion.
Rule[a] over Your surrounding[b] enemies.(B)
Your people will volunteer
on Your day of battle.[c](C)
In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn,
the dew of Your youth belongs to You.[d](D)
The Lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back:
“Forever, You are a priest
like Melchizedek.”(E)

The Lord is at Your right hand;
He will crush kings on the day of His anger.(F)
He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses;(G)
He will crush leaders over the entire world.(H)
He will drink from the brook by the road;(I)
therefore, He will lift up His head.(J)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 110:2 One Hb ms, LXX, Tg read You will rule
  2. Psalm 110:2 Lit Rule in the midst of Your
  3. Psalm 110:3 Lit power
  4. Psalm 110:3 Hb obscure

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