¹³ And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: ^(A)Blessed are the dead ^(B)who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, ^(C)“that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”

Our Heavenly Dwelling

5 For we know that if ^(A)the tent that is ^(B)our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, ^(C)a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

⁸ Yes, we are of good courage, and we ^(A)would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

⁵⁰ And he said to the woman, ^(A)“Your faith has saved you; ^(B)go in peace.”

²¹ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and ^(A)faithful servant.^{[a] (B)}You have been faithful over a little; ^(C)I will set you over much. Enter into ^(D)the joy of your master.’

¹⁴ They buried him in the tomb that he had cut for himself in the city of David. They laid him on a bier ^(A)that had been filled with various kinds of spices prepared by the perfumer's art, ^(B)and they made a very great fire in his honor.