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Jesus said, "No man may come to the father, but by ME." He did not say anything about the intercession of any body of clergy. Especially not some group of old men that credit the existence of their vocations to when Jesus called Peter a rock.
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Priests are the religious thinkers of a community. They work with us to help better understand Jesus and the Bible.
And the idea of priesthood doesn't come from that instance. Its the fact that Jesus took a large group (the Disciples) and preached to them away from the crowd so they could relay the Word to the masses. He then took another smaller group ( the Apostles) and gave them even more information and thought to bring to the masses.
Thats not to say they are some better higher social class, just that they are the specialists who are trained to handle that specific job.