希伯来书7:11-17
11从前百姓在利未人祭司职任以下受律法，倘若藉这职任能得完全，又何用另外兴起一位祭司，照麦基洗德的等次，不照亚伦的等次呢？12祭司的职任既已更改，律法也必须更改。13因为这话所指的人，本属别的支派，那支派里从来没有一人伺候祭坛。14我们的主分明是从犹大出来的。但这支派，摩西并没有提到祭司。15倘若照麦基洗德的样式，另外兴起一位祭司来，我的话更是显而易见的了。16他成为祭司，并不是照属肉体的条例，乃是照无穷之生命的大能。（无穷原文作不能毁坏）。17因为有给他作见证的说，你是照着麦基洗德的等次永远为祭司。
11So if the priesthood of Levi, on which the law was based, could have achieved the perfection God intended, why did God need to establish a different priesthood, with a priest in the order of Melchizedek instead of the order of Levi and Aaron?#7:11 Greek the order of Aaron? 12And if the priesthood is changed, the law must also be changed to permit it. 13For the priest we are talking about belongs to a different tribe, whose members have never served at the altar as priests. 14What I mean is, our Lord came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never mentioned priests coming from that tribe. 15This change has been made very clear since a different priest, who is like Melchizedek, has appeared. 16Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed. 17And the psalmist pointed this out when he prophesied,“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”#7:17 Ps 110:4.
