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.

Whither the forerunner is for us entered, {even} Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he {was} the priest of the most high God.

Whither the forerunner is for us entered, {even} Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

As he saith also in another {place}, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

For he testifieth, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. {put: Heb. bind} {consecrate: Heb. fill the hand of}

If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need {was there} that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?