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Hebrews 5:3

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And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

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  1. Hebrews 5:1

    For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

  2. Hebrews 5:2

    Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

  3. Hebrews 5:4

    And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

  4. Hebrews 5:5

    So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.