October 19, 2014

Reading

 

Esajas 45: 1, 4-6

 

45:1Thus says the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I hold, so that I may subjugate the nations before his face, and I may turn the backs of kings, and I may open the doors before him, and so that the gates will not be shut

45:4For the sake of Jacob, my servant, and Israel, my elect, I have even called you by your name. I have taken you up, and you have not known me.

45:5Jeg er Herren, and there is no one else. There is no god beside me. I girded you, and you have not known me.

45:6So may those who are from the rising of the sun, and those who are from its setting, know that there is no one beside me. Jeg er Herren, and there is no other.

 

Second Reading

 

First Thessalonians 1: 1-5

 

1:1Paulus og Sylvanus og Timoteus, til thessalonikernes kirke, i Gud Fader og Herren Jesus Kristus.

1:2Nåde og fred til dig. Vi takker Gud altid for jer alle, bevare mindet om dig i vores bønner uden ophør,

1:3husker dit trosværk, og modgang, og velgørenhed, og vedvarende håb, i vor Herre Jesus Kristus, foran Gud vor Fader.

1:4For vi ved det, brødre, Guds elskede, af dit valg.

1:5For vort evangelium har ikke været blandt jer i ord alene, men også i dyd, og i Helligånden, og med en stor fylde, på samme måde, som du ved, har vi handlet iblandt dig for din skyld.

 

Evangelium

 

Matthew 22: 15-21

 

2:15 Then the Pharisees, Går ud, took counsel as to how they might entrap him in speech.

22:16 And they sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, ordsprog: “Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and that you teach the way of God in truth, and that the influence of others is nothing to you. For you do not consider the reputation of men.

22:17 Derfor, tell us, how does it seem to you? Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar, or not?”

22:18 But Jesus, knowing their wickedness, sagde: “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

22:19 Show me the coin of the census tax.” And they offered him a denarius.

22:20 And Jesus said to them, “Whose image is this, and whose inscription?”

22:21 They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Then render to Caesar what is of Caesar; and to God what is of God.”