12For if the Priesthood be changed, then of necessitie must there be a change of the Lawe.
13For hee of whome these things are spoken, perteineth vnto another tribe, whereof no man serued at the altar.
14For it is euident, that our Lord sprung out of Iuda, concerning the which tribe Moses spake nothing, touching the Priesthood.
15And it is yet a more euident thing, because that after the similitude of Melchi-sedec, there is risen vp another Priest,
16Which is not made Priest after the Law of the carnal commandement, but after the power of the endlesse life.
17For hee testifieth thus, Thou art a Priest for euer, after the order of Melchi-sedec.
18For the commaundement that went afore, is disanulled, because of the weakenes thereof, and vnprofitablenes.
19For the Law made nothing perfite, but the bringing in of a better hope made perfite, whereby we drawe neere vnto God.
20And for as much as it is not without an othe (for these are made Priestes without an othe:
21But this is made with an othe by him that said vnto him, The Lord hath sworne, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest for euer, after the order of Melchi-sedec)
22By so much is Iesus made a suretie of a better Testament.
23And among them many were made Priests, because they were not suffered to endure, by the reason of death.
24But this man, because hee endureth euer, hath a Priesthood, which cannot passe from one to another.
25Wherefore, hee is able also perfectly to saue them that come vnto God by him, seeing he euer liueth, to make intercession for them.
26For such an hie Priest it became vs to haue, which is holy, harmelesse, vndefiled, separate from sinners, and made hier then the heauens:
27Which needeth not daily as those hie Priests to offer vp sacrifice, first for his owne sinnes, and then for the peoples: for that did he once, when he offered vp himselfe.
28For the Lawe maketh men hie Priestes, which haue infirmitie: but the word of the othe that was since the Lawe, maketh the Sonne, who is consecrated for euermore.