¹³ The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,^(A) the God of our fathers,^(B) has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over^(C) to be killed, and you disowned him before Pilate,^(D) though he had decided to let him go.^(E)

³² ‘I am the God of your fathers,^(A) the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’^[a] Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.^(B)

³² ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’^[a]?^(A) He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”

⁶ Then he said, “I am the God of your father,^[a] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.”^(A) At this, Moses hid^(B) his face, because he was afraid to look at God.^(C)

¹⁸ I am the Living One; I was dead,^(A) and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!^(B) And I hold the keys of death and Hades.^(C)

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,^(A) the firstborn from the dead,^(B) and the ruler of the kings of the earth.^(C)

To him who loves us^(D) and has freed us from our sins by his blood,^(E)

⁹ By faith he made his home in the promised land^(A) like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents,^(B) as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.^{(C) 10} For he was looking forward to the city^(D) with foundations,^(E) whose architect and builder is God.^{(F) 11} And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age,^(G) was enabled to bear children^(H) because she^[a] considered him faithful^(I) who had made the promise. ¹² And so from this one man, and he as good as dead,^(J) came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.^(K)

¹³ All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;^(L) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,^(M) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.^{(N) 14} People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. ¹⁵ If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.^{(O) 16} Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.^(P) Therefore God is not ashamed^(Q) to be called their God,^(R) for he has prepared a city^(S) for them.

⁹ But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor^(A) because he suffered death,^(B) so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.^(C)