Genesis 12:1-3

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The Call of Abram

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household^(A) to the land^(B) I will show you.^(C)

²“I will make you into a great nation,^(D)
    and I will bless you;^(E)
I will make your name great,
    and you will be a blessing.^[a]^(F)
³I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;^(G)
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.^(H)”^[b]

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Footnotes

Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed
Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)

Psalm 39:12

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¹²“Hear my prayer, Lord,
    listen to my cry for help;^(A)
    do not be deaf^(B) to my weeping.^(C)
I dwell with you as a foreigner,^(D)
    a stranger,^(E) as all my ancestors were.^(F)

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Psalm 39:12 in all English translations

Luke 14:26-27

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²⁶“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.^(A) ²⁷And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.^(B)

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Hebrews 11:13

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¹³All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;^(A) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,^(B) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.^(C)

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Hebrews 11:13 in all English translations

Hebrews 11:39-40

New International Version

³⁹These were all commended^(A) for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,^(B) ⁴⁰since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us^(C) would they be made perfect.^(D)