¹³ Then I heard a voice from heaven saying ^[a]to me, “Write: ^(A)‘Blessed are the dead ^(B)who die in the Lord from now on.’ ”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, ^(C)“that they may rest from their labors, and their works follow ^(D)them.”

Assurance of the Resurrection

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

⁸ We are confident, yes, ^(A)well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

⁵⁰ Then He said to the woman, ^(A)“Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

²¹ His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were ^(A)faithful over a few things, ^(B)I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into ^(C)the joy of your lord.’

¹⁴ They buried him in his own tomb, which he had ^[a]made for himself in the City of David; and they laid him in the bed which was filled ^(A)with spices and various ingredients prepared in a mixture of ointments. They made ^(B)a very great burning for him.