13. These all died in faith without receiving the promises, but seeing them from a distance and welcoming them, and admitting that they were strangers and temporary residents on the earth.
14. For those who say such things make clear that they are seeking a homeland.
15. And if they remember that land from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.
16. But now they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
17. By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered Isaac, and the one who received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
18. with reference to whom it was said, “In Isaac your descendants will be named,”
19. having reasoned that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which he received him back also as a symbol.