The Second Book of Chronicles 36: 14-16, 19-23
| 36:14 | Llavors també, all the leaders of the priests, with the people, transgressed iniquitously, in accord with all the abominations of the Gentiles. And they polluted the house of the Lord, which he had sanctified to himself in Jerusalem. |
| 36:15 | Then the Lord, el Déu dels seus pares, sent to them, by the hand of his messengers, rising in the night and daily admonishing them. For he was lenient to his people and to his habitation. |
| 36:16 | But they ridiculed the messengers of God, and they gave little weight to his words, and they mocked the prophets, until the fury of the Lord ascended against his people, and there was no remedy. |
| 36:19 | The enemies set fire to the house of God, and they destroyed the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the towers. And whatever was precious, they demolished. |
| 36:20 | If anyone had escaped from the sword, he was led into Babylon. And he served the king and his sons, until the king of Persia would command, |
| 36:21 | and the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah would be fulfilled, and the land would celebrate her Sabbaths. For during all the days of the desolation, she kept a Sabbath, until the seventy years were completed. |
| 36:22 | Aleshores, el primer any de Cir, el rei dels perses, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, el rei dels perses, who commanded this to be proclaimed throughout his entire kingdom, i també per escrit, dient: |
| 36:23 | "Això diu Cyrus, el rei dels perses: El Senyor, el Déu del cel, has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. And he has instructed me that I should build for him a house in Jerusalem, que és a Judea. Qui entre vosaltres és de tot el seu poble? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him ascend.” |
The Letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians 2: 4-10
| 2:4 | Encara així, Déu, que és ric en misericòrdia, per la seva gran caritat amb què ens estimava, |
| 2:5 | fins i tot quan estàvem morts en els nostres pecats, ens ha animat junts en Crist, per la gràcia del qual has estat salvat. |
| 2:6 | I ens ha criat junts, i ens ha fet seure junts al cel, en Crist Jesús, |
| 2:7 | perquè pugui mostrar, en les edats que aviat arribaran, l'abundant riquesa de la seva gràcia, per la seva bondat envers nosaltres en Crist Jesús. |
| 2:8 | Per gràcia, has estat salvat per la fe. I això no és de vosaltres mateixos, perquè és un do de Déu. |
| 2:9 | I això no és d'obres, perquè ningú es glorifiqui. |
| 2:10 | Perquè som obra seva, creats en Crist Jesús per a les bones obres que Déu ha preparat i en les quals hem de caminar. |
Joan 3: 14- 21
| 3:14 | And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so also must the Son of man be lifted up, |
| 3:15 | so that whoever believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. |
| 3:16 | For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. |
| 3:17 | For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him. |
| 3:18 | Whoever believes in him is not judged. But whoever does not believe is already judged, because he does not believe in the name of the only-begotten Son of God. |
| 3:19 | And this is the judgment: that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness more than light. For their works were evil. |
| 3:20 | For everyone who does evil hates the Light and does not go toward the Light, so that his works may not be corrected. |
| 3:21 | But whoever acts in truth goes toward the Light, so that his works may be manifested, because they have been accomplished in God.” |