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"1": "For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, was the one who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him.",
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"2": "Abraham also gave to him a tenth of everything. His name first indeed means “king of righteousness,” and then also “king of Salem,” that is, “king of peace.”",
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"3": "He is without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life. Instead, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
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"4": "But see how great this man was, to whom the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the things that he had taken in battle.",
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"5": "And those indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priesthood have a command according to the law to collect tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, even though they have come from Abraham’s body.",
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"6": "But Melchizedek, whose descent was not traced from them, received tithes from Abraham, and blessed the one who had the promises.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"7": "But without any argument, the lesser person is blessed by the greater person.",
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"8": "In this case, mortal men receive tithes, but in that case it is testified that he lives on.",
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"9": "And, in a manner of speaking, Levi, the one who received tithes, also paid tithes through Abraham,",
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"10": "because Levi was still in the body of his ancestor when Melchizedek met Abraham.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
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"11": "So if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and to not be called according to the order of Aaron?",
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"12": "For when the priesthood is changed, of necessity a change of the law also happens.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"13": "For the one about whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.",
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"14": "For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, a tribe about which Moses said nothing concerning priests.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"15": "And this is even more clear, if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek.",
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"16": "He became a priest, not based on a law of physical descent, but based on the power of an indestructible life.",
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"17": "For scripture testifies about him:\n\\q\n“You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
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"18": "For the former regulation is set aside because it is weak and useless,",
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"19": "(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, through which we come near to God.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"20": "And this was not done without an oath! For others became priests without any oath,",
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"21": "but Jesus became a priest with an oath, through God saying to him,\n\\q\n“The Lord has sworn and he will not change his mind:\n\\q\n‘You are a priest forever.’”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
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"22": "In the same way also, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.",
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"23": "The former priests were many in number, since death prevented them from continuing in office.",
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"24": "But because Jesus continues to live forever, he has a permanent priesthood.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"25": "Therefore he is also able to save completely those who approach God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.",
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"26": "For such a high priest is indeed suitable for us. He is holy, blameless, pure, separated from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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"27": "He does not have the need, as the high priests, to offer up sacrifices every day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered himself.",
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"28": "For the law appoints as high priests men who have weaknesses. But the word of the oath, which came after the law, appointed a Son, who has been made perfect forever.\n\n\\ts\\*",
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