October 19, 2014

Reading

 

Jesaja 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.

45:5I am the Lord, 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. I am the Lord, and there is no other.

 

Second Reading

 

First Thessalonians 1: 1-5

 

1:1Pāvils un Silvans un Timotejs, Tesaloniķiešu draudzei, Dievā Tēvā un Kungā Jēzū Kristū.

1:2Žēlastība un miers jums. Mēs vienmēr pateicamies Dievam par jums visiem, nemitīgi saglabājam piemiņu par tevi mūsu lūgšanās,

1:3atceroties savu ticības darbu, un grūtības, un labdarība, un ilgstoša cerība, mūsu Kungā Jēzū Kristū, Dieva, mūsu Tēva, priekšā.

1:4Jo mēs zinām, brāļi, Dieva mīļotais, par jūsu ievēlēšanu.

1:5Jo mūsu Evaņģēlijs nav bijis starp jums tikai vārdos, bet arī tikumā, un Svētajā Garā, un ar lielu pilnību, tādā pašā veidā, kā jūs zināt, mēs esam rīkojušies jūsu vidū jūsu labā.

 

Gospel

 

Metjū 22: 15-21

 

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

22:16 And they sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, sakot: “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 Tāpēc, 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, said: “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.”

 


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