Hebrews 11:14

New Century Version

When people say such things, they show they are looking for a country that will be their own.

Cross References

Exodus 2:22

Zipporah gave birth to a son. Moses named him Gershom, because Moses was a stranger in a land that was not his own.

2 Corinthians 4:18

We set our eyes not on what we see but on what we cannot see. What we see will last only a short time, but what we cannot see will last forever.

Philippians 1:23

It is hard to choose between the two. I want to leave this life and be with Christ, which is much better,

Hebrews 11:13

All these great people died in faith. They did not get the things that God promised his people, but they saw them coming far in the future and were glad. They said they were like visitors and strangers on earth.

Hebrews 11:15

If they had been thinking about the country they had left, they could have gone back.

Hebrews 11:16

But they were waiting for a better country—a heavenly country. So God is not ashamed to be called their God, because he has prepared a city for them.

Hebrews 13:14

Here on earth we do not have a city that lasts forever, but we are looking for the city that we will have in the future.