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!”

¹⁵ As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; ^(A)you shall be buried in a good old age.

^23 (A)I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is ^(B)to depart and ^(C)be with Christ, for that is far better.

²⁶ And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not ^(A)see death before he had seen ^(B)the Lord's Christ.

Israel's Futile Idolatry

³⁰ Israel said to Joseph, ^(A)“Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”