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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Hebrews 5 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/hebrews/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/hebrews/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > Hebrews 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrews/4.htm" title="Hebrews 4">◄</a> Hebrews 5 <a href="../hebrews/6.htm" title="Hebrews 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/hebrews/5-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Perfect High Priest<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../psalms/110.htm">Psalm 110:1–7</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>For every high priest, having been taken from among men, is appointed on behalf of men toward the things which pertain to God, so that he may offer gifts and sacrifices on behalf of sins; <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>he is able to commiserate with those who are ignorant and who wander astray, because he himself is also encompassed by infirmity. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And because of this, he also must make such offerings for sins even for himself, in the same manner as for the people. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Neither does anyone take up this honor himself, but rather he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Thus, even Christ did not glorify himself, so as to become High Priest, but instead, it was God who said to him: “You are my Son. Today I have begotten you.”<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And similarly, he says in another place: “You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek.”<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>It is Christ who, in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offered prayers and supplications to the One who was able to save him from death, and who was heard because of his reverence. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And although, certainly, he is the Son of God, he learned obedience by the things that he suffered. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And having reached his consummation, he was made, for all who are obedient to him, the cause of eternal salvation, <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>having been called by God to be the High Priest, according to the order of Melchizedek.<p> <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">Milk and Solid Food<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_corinthians/3.htm">1 Corinthians 3:1–9</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Our message about him is great, and difficult to explain when speaking, because you have been made feeble when listening. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For even though it is the time when you ought to be teachers, you are still lacking, so that you must be taught the things that are the basic elements of the Word of God, and so you have been made like those who are in need of milk, and not of solid food. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For anyone who is still feeding on milk is still unskillful in the Word of Justice; for he is like an infant. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But solid food is for those who are mature, for those who, by practice, have sharpened their mind, so as to discern good from evil.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../hebrews/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hebrews 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hebrews 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../hebrews/6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hebrews 6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hebrews 6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>