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Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
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Passage Lookup: Hebrews 11:13-16
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Hebrews 11:13
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All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth.
Hebrews 11:14
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People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own.
Hebrews 11:15
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If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
Hebrews 11:16
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Instead, they were longing for a better country—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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