King James Version (KJV)
Hebrews 11:16
“But now they desire a better [country], that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.”
Verse in context — Hebrews 11
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For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
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And truly, if they had been mindful of that [country] from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
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But now they desire a better [country], that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
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By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten [son],
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Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
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