The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

For he testifieth, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) {without...: or, without swearing of an oath}

Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. {without descent: Gr. without pedigree}

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he {was} the priest of the most high God.

Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.

Whither the forerunner is for us entered, {even} Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,

The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he {was} the priest of the most high God.

No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

Whither the forerunner is for us entered, {even} Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

For he testifieth, Thou {art} a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

And here men that die receive tithes; but there he {receiveth them}, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need {was there} that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

And inasmuch as not without an oath {he was made priest}:

But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?