Hebrews 11:13-15

Expanded Bible

¹³ All these great people died in faith. They did not ·get [receive] the things that God promised his people, but they saw them ·coming far in the future [^Lfrom afar] and ·were glad [welcomed/greeted them]. They ·said [acknowledged/recognized that] they were like ·strangers [foreigners] and ·visitors [sojourners; refugees; resident aliens] on earth. ¹⁴ When people say such things, they show they are looking for a ·country that will be their own [homeland]. ¹⁵ If they had been thinking about the country they had left, they ·could have gone back [^Lwould have had an opportunity to return].