17. It is said about him,“You are a priest forever,a priest like Melchizedek.”
18. The old rule is now set aside, because it was weak and useless.
19. The law of Moses could not make anything perfect. But now a better hope has been given to us, and with this hope we can come near to God.
20. It is important that God did this with an oath. Others became priests without an oath,
21. but Christ became a priest with God’s oath. God said:“The Lord has made a promiseand will not change his mind.‘You are a priest forever.’ ”
22. This means that Jesus is the guarantee of a better agreement from God to his people.
23. When one of the other priests died, he could not continue being a priest. So there were many priests.
24. But because Jesus lives forever, he will never stop serving as priest.
25. So he is able always to save those who come to God through him because he always lives, asking God to help them.