¹⁹ And not being weak in faith, ^(A)he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), ^(B)and the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

¹⁷ Then Abraham fell on his face ^(A)and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”

¹¹ By faith ^(A)Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and ^(B)she^[a] bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him ^(C)faithful who had promised. ¹² Therefore from one man, and him as good as ^(D)dead, were born as many as the ^(E)stars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

The Heavenly Hope

¹³ These all died in faith, ^(F)not having received the ^(G)promises, but ^(H)having seen them afar off ^[b]were assured of them, embraced them and ^(I)confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. ¹⁴ For those who say such things ^(J)declare plainly that they seek a homeland. ¹⁵ And truly if they had called to mind ^(K)that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶ But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed ^(L)to be called their God, for He has ^(M)prepared a city for them.

The Faith of the Patriarchs^(N)

¹⁷ By faith Abraham, ^(O)when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, ^18 [c]of whom it was said, ^(P)“In Isaac your seed shall be called,” ¹⁹ concluding that God ^(Q)was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.

²⁰ He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, ²¹ and being fully convinced that what He had promised ^(A)He was also able to perform.

¹¹ Now ^(A)Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and ^[a]Sarah ^(B)had passed the age of childbearing. ¹² Therefore Sarah ^(C)laughed within herself, saying, ^(D)“After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my ^(E)lord being old also?”

¹³ And the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’ ^14 (F)Is anything too hard for the Lord? ^(G)At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”

²⁷ Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and ^(A)reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be ^(B)unbelieving, but believing.”

²⁸ And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

³¹ And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of ^(A)little faith, why did you doubt?”

²⁶ But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then ^(A)He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.

³⁰ Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?