^56 (A)Your father Abraham ^(B)rejoiced ^(C)that he would see my day. ^(D)He saw it and was glad.”

¹³ These all died in faith, ^(A)not having received the things promised, but ^(B)having seen them and greeted them from afar, and ^(C)having acknowledged that they were ^(D)strangers and exiles on the earth.

¹⁸ and ^(A)in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, ^(B)because you have obeyed my voice.”

You Are of Your Father the Devil

³⁹ They answered him, ^(A)“Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, ^(B)“If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

⁷ Know then that it is ^(A)those of faith who are ^(B)the sons of Abraham. ⁸ And the Scripture, foreseeing that ^(C)God would justify^[a] the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, ^(D)“In you shall all the nations be blessed.” ⁹ So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

²⁴ For I tell you ^(A)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.”

^17 (A)For truly, I say to you, ^(B)many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

¹⁰ Concerning this salvation, ^(A)the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, ¹¹ inquiring ^(B)what person or time^{[a] (C)}the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating ^(D)when he predicted ^(E)the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. ^12 (F)It was revealed to them that ^(G)they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you ^(H)by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, ^(I)things into which angels long to look.

³⁹ And all these, ^(A)though commended through their faith, ^(B)did not receive what was promised,