So too Christ (A)did not glorify Himself in becoming a (B)high priest, but it was He who (C)said to Him,

(D)You are My Son,
Today I have fathered You”;

just as He also says in another passage,

(E)You are a priest forever
According to (F)the order of Melchizedek.”

In the days of [a]His humanity, [b](G)He offered up both prayers and pleas with (H)loud crying and tears to the One (I)able to save Him [c]from death, and He [d]was heard because of His (J)devout behavior.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 5:7 Lit His flesh
  2. Hebrews 5:7 Lit who having offered up
  3. Hebrews 5:7 Or out of
  4. Hebrews 5:7 Lit having been heard

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