5 This is how it was with Christ. He became a high priest, but not just because he wanted the honor of being one. It was God who told him,“You are my Son, because todayI have become your Father!”
6 In another place, God says,“You are a priest foreverjust like Melchizedek.”
7 God had the power to save Jesus from death. And while Jesus was on earth, he begged God with loud crying and tears to save him. He truly worshiped God, and God listened to his prayers.
8 Jesus is God's own Son, but still he had to suffer before he could learn what it really means to obey God.
9 Suffering made Jesus perfect, and now he can save forever all who obey him.
10 This is because God chose him to be a high priest like Melchizedek.
11 Much more could be said about this subject. But it is hard to explain, and all of you are slow to understand.