And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, although they too are descendants of Abraham.

But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder.

By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.

and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there.

But to which of the angels has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?

so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation.

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ,

During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.

“It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord.