⁴ The Lord has made an oath, and will not take it back. You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchizedek.

¹⁷ For it has been witnessed of him, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

²¹ (For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);

⁶ As he says in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

¹⁹ God is not a man, to say what is false; or the son of man, that his purpose may be changed: what he has said, will he not do? and will he not give effect to the words of his mouth?

¹³ And he will be the builder of the Temple of the Lord; and the glory will be his, and he will take his place as ruler on the seat of power; and Joshua will be a priest at his right hand, and between them there will be a design of peace.

¹⁸ And Melchizedek, king of Salem, the priest of the Most High God, took bread and wine,

²⁸ The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete.

⁶ And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it.

¹¹ Now if it was possible for things to be made complete through the priests of the house of Levi (for the law was given to the people in connection with them), what need was there for another priest who was of the order of Melchizedek and not of the order of Aaron?

²⁰ Where Jesus has gone before us, as a high priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

¹ For this Melchizedek, the king of Salem, a priest of the Most High God, who gave Abraham his blessing, meeting him when he came back after putting the kings to death,

² And to whom Abraham gave a tenth part of everything which he had, being first named King of righteousness, and then in addition, King of Salem, that is to say, King of peace;

³ Being without father or mother, or family, having no birth or end to his life, being made like the Son of God, is a priest for ever.

¹³ For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

¹⁴ Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great.

¹⁵ And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

¹⁶ For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.

¹⁷ So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;

¹⁸ So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

¹¹ The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.

³⁴ I will be true to my agreement; the things which have gone out of my lips will not be changed.

³⁵ I have made an oath once by my holy name, that I will not be false to David.

³⁶ His seed will not come to an end for ever; the seat of his kingdom will be like the sun before me.