Isaiah 45: 6- 8, 18, 21- 25
| 45:6 | So 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. I am the Lord, and there is no other. |
| 45:7 | I form the light and create the darkness. I make peace and create disaster. I, the Lord, do all these things. |
| 45:8 | Send down dew from above, O heavens, and let the clouds rain down upon the just! Let the earth open and spring forth a savior! And let justice rise up at once! I, the Lord, have created him. |
| 45:18 | For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens, God himself who formed the earth and made it, the very Molder of it. He did not create it to no purpose. He formed it so that it would be inhabited. I am the Lord, and there is no other. |
| 45:21 | Announce it, and approach, and consult together. Who has caused this to be heard from the beginning, and who has foretold it from that time? Is it not I, the Lord? And is there some other god beside me? I am a just God who saves, and there is no one except me. |
| 45:22 | All ends of the earth, be converted to me, and you will be saved. For I am God, and there is no other. |
| 45:23 | I have sworn by myself. The Word of justice will proceed from my mouth, and it will not turn back. |
| 45:24 | For every knee shall bend to me, and every tongue shall swear it. |
| 45:25 | Therefore, he will say, “In the Lord are my justices and my dominion.” They will go to him. And all who fight against him will be confounded. |
Luke 7: 18- 23
| 7:18 | And the disciples of John reported to him concerning all these things. |
| 7:19 | And John called two of his disciples, and he sent them to Jesus, saying, “Are you he who is to come, or should we wait for another?” |
| 7:20 | But when the men had come to him, they said: “John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying: ‘Are you he who is to come, or should we wait for another?’ ” |
| 7:21 | Now in that same hour, he cured many of their diseases and wounds and evil spirits; and to many of the blind, he gave sight. |
| 7:22 | And responding, he said to them: “Go and report to John what you have heard and seen: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor are evangelized. |
| 7:23 | And blessed is anyone who has not taken offense at me.” |