1Every Jewish high priest
2The high priest himself is weak {like all people}. So he is able to be gentle with those people who don’t understand and who are doing wrong things.
3The high priest offers sacrifices for the sins of the people. But the high priest has weaknesses himself. So he also must offer sacrifices for his own sins.
4To be a high priest
5It is the same with Christ. He did not choose himself to have the glory of becoming a high priest. But God chose him. God said to Christ, “ You are my Son; today I have become your Father.” Psalm 2:7
6And in another part {of the Scriptures
7While Christ lived on earth he prayed to God and asked God for help. God is the One who could save him from death, and Jesus prayed to God with loud cries and tears. And God answered Jesus’ prayers because Jesus was humble and did everything God wanted.
8Jesus was the Son of God. But Jesus suffered and learned to obey by the things that he suffered.
9Then Jesus was perfect. And Jesus is the reason that all those people who obey him can have salvation forever.
10And God made Jesus the high priest,
Warning Against Falling Away
11We have many things to tell you about this. But it is hard to explain because you have stopped trying to understand.
12You have had enough time that by now you should be teachers. But you need some person to teach you again the first lessons of God’s teaching. You still need the teaching that is like milk. You are not ready for solid food.
13Any person who lives on milk is still a baby. That person knows nothing about right teaching.
14But solid food is for people who have stopped being like babies. It is for people who are grown-up in their spirits. Those people have practiced and taught themselves to know the difference between good and evil.