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Instead, God calls him as he called Aaron.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So Christ did not take the glory of being a chief priest for himself. Instead, the glory was given to him by God, who said, "You are my Son. Today I have become your Father."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>In another place in Scripture, God said, "You are a priest forever, in the way Melchizedek was a priest."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>During his life on earth, Jesus prayed to God, who could save him from death. He prayed and pleaded with loud crying and tears, and he was heard because of his devotion to God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Although Jesus was the Son [of God], he learned to be obedient through his sufferings. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>After he had finished his work, he became the source of eternal salvation for everyone who obeys him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>God appointed him chief priest in the way Melchizedek was a priest.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>We have a lot to explain about this. But since you have become too lazy to pay attention, explaining it to you is hard. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>By now you should be teachers. Instead, you still need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word. You need milk, not solid food. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>All those who live on milk lack the experience to talk about what is right. They are still babies. <span class="reftext"><a href="/hebrews/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>However, solid food is for mature people, whose minds are trained by practice to know the difference between good and evil.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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