11. Therefore, if consummation had occurred through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), then what further need would there be for another Priest to rise up according to the order of Melchizedek, one who was not called according to the order of Aaron?
12. For since the priesthood has been transferred, it is necessary that the law also be transferred.
13. For he about whom these things have been spoken is from another tribe, in which no one attends before the altar.
14. For it is evident that our Lord arose out of Judah, a tribe about which Moses said nothing concerning priests.
15. And yet it is far more evident that, according to the likeness of Melchizedek, there rises up another priest,
16. who was made, not according to the law of a carnal commandment, but according to the virtue of an indissoluble life.
17. For he testifies: "You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek."
18. Certainly, there is a setting aside of the former commandment, because of its weakness and lack of usefulness.
19. For the law led no one to perfection, yet truly it introduced a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
20. Moreover, it is not without an oath. For certainly, the others were made priests without an oath.
21. But this man was made a priest with an oath, by the One who said to him: "The Lord has sworn and he will not repent. You are a priest forever."
22. By so much, Jesus has been made the sponsor of a better testament.
23. And certainly, so many of the others became priests because, due to death, they were prohibited from continuing.
24. But this man, because he continues forever, has an everlasting priesthood.
25. And for this reason, he is able, continuously, to save those who approach God through him, since he is ever alive to make intercession on our behalf.
26. For it was fitting that we should have such a High Priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted higher than the heavens.