11:13 These all died in faith without receiving the things
promised,
but they
saw them in the distance and welcomed them
and acknowledged that they
were strangers and foreigners on the
earth.
14 For those who
speak in such a way make it
clear that they are
seeking a
homeland.
15 In fact,
if they had been
thinking of
the land that they had
left, they would have
had opportunity to
return.
16 But as it is,
they
aspire to a
better land,
that is, a
heavenly one.
Therefore,
God is
not ashamed to be
called their God,
for he has
prepared a
city for
them.
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