For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”
But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.
Then turning to the disciples he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see what you see!
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; he saw it and was glad.”
These all died in faith, not having received what was promised, but having seen it and greeted it from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised,