teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

To him also Abraham apportioned a tithe of everything. His name first means king of righteousness, then king of Salem, that is, king of peace.

tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age,

By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial.

Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies.

By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

And he says of the angels, “He makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire,”

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.

Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.

accordingly Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

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,

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity,

Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him.

and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,

Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

but of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.

By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff.

And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets.