Hebrews 11:13-16

By Faith

¹³ These all died in faith, _c not having received the things promised, but _d having seen them and greeted them from afar, and _e having acknowledged that they were _f strangers and exiles on the earth. ¹⁴ For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. ¹⁵ If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, _g they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶ But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed _h to be called their God, for _i he has prepared for them a city.

1. Cross References
   Hebrews 11:39
   And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised.
   
2. Cross References
   Hebrews 11:27
   By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.
   John 8:56
   Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.
   Matthew 13:17
   For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.
   
3. Cross References
   Genesis 23:4
   "I am a sojourner and foreigner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
   Genesis 47:9
   And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning.
   1 Chronicles 29:15
   For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding.
   Psalms 39:12
   Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.
   
4. Cross References
   Ephesians 2:19
   So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.
   
5. Cross References
   Genesis 24:6 - 8
   Abraham said to him, "See to it that you do not take my son back there.
   
6. Cross References
   Genesis 26:24
   And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake.
   Genesis 28:13
   And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring.
   Exodus 3:6
   And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
   Exodus 4:5
   "that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."
   Hebrews 2:11
   For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers.
   
7. Cross References
   Hebrews 11:10
   For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.
   Matthew 25:34
   Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
   John 14:2
   In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?