11:13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, 1 but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners 2 on the earth.
11:14 For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.
11:15 In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.
11:16 But as it is, 3 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.
1 tnGrk “the promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.