Isaiah 49: 3, 5- 6
| 49:3 | And he has said to me: “You are my servant, Israel. For in you, I will glory.” |
| 49:5 | And now, says the Lord, who formed me from the womb as his servant, so that I may bring back Jacob to him, for Israel will not be gathered together, but I have been glorified in the eyes of the Lord and my God has become my strength, |
| 49:6 | and so he has said: “It is a small thing that you should be my servant so as to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and so as to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have offered you as a light for the Gentiles, so that you may be my salvation, even to the furthest regions of the earth.” |
First Corinthians 1: 1- 3
| 1:1 | Paul, called as an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God; and Sosthenes, a brother: |
| 1:2 | to the Church of God which is at Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints with all who are invoking the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place of theirs and of ours. |
| 1:3 | Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. |
John 1: 29- 34
| 1:29 | On the next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him, and so he said: “Behold, the Lamb of God. Behold, he who takes away the sin of the world. |
| 1:30 | This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me arrives a man, who has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ |
| 1:31 | And I did not know him. Yet it is for this reason that I come baptizing with water: so that he may be made manifest in Israel.” |
| 1:32 | And John offered testimony, saying: “For I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove; and he remained upon him. |
| 1:33 | And I did not know him. But he who sent me to baptize with water said to me: ‘He over whom you will see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him, this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ |
| 1:34 | And I saw, and I gave testimony: that this one is the Son of God.” |