16. He was made a priest, but not because he met the requirement of being born into the right family. He became a priest by the power of a life that will never end.
17. This is what the Scriptures say about him: “You are a priest forever—the kind of priest Melchizedek was.”
18. The old rule is now ended because it was weak and worthless.
19. The Law of Moses could not make anything perfect. But now a better hope has been given to us. And with that hope we can come near to God.
20. Also, it is important that God made a promise with an oath when he made Jesus high priest. When those other men became priests, there was no oath.
21. But Christ became a priest with God’s oath. God said to him, “The Lord has made a promise with an oath and will not change his mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’” Psalm 110:4