And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

Jesus ordered them not to tell anything. But as much as he ordered them not to do this, they proclaimed it all the more.

In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath,

And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”