Priests receive a tenth, even though they are only men who live and then die. But Melchizedek, who received a tenth from Abraham, continues living, as the Scripture says.
where Jesus has gone ahead of us and for us. He has become the high priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek.
And in another Scripture God says, “You are a priest forever, a priest like Melchizedek.”
I am the One who lives; I was dead, but look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys to death and to the place of the dead.
When one of the other priests died, he could not continue being a priest. So there were many priests.
In a little while the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live, too.
Who heard God’s voice and was against him? It was all those people Moses led out of Egypt.
Jesus answered, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.
Just as everyone must die once and then be judged,
Now everyone knows that the more important person blesses the less important person.
We might even say that Levi, who receives a tenth, also paid it when Abraham paid Melchizedek a tenth.