Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

45 Thus said Jehovah, To His anointed, to Cyrus, Whose right hand I have laid hold on, To subdue nations before him, Yea, loins of kings I loose, To open before him two-leaved doors, Yea, gates are not shut:

² `I go before thee, and crooked places make straight, Two-leaved doors of brass I shiver, And bars of iron I cut asunder,

³ And have given to thee treasures of darkness, Even treasures of secret places, So that thou knowest that I, Jehovah, Who am calling on thy name -- [am] the God of Israel.

⁴ For the sake of my servant Jacob, And of Israel My chosen, I call also thee by thy name, I surname thee, And thou hast not known Me.

⁵ I [am] Jehovah, and there is none else, Except Me there is no God, I gird thee, and thou hast not known Me.

⁶ So that they know from the rising of the sun, And from the west, that there is none besides Me, I [am] Jehovah, and there is none else,

⁷ Forming light, and preparing darkness, Making peace, and preparing evil, I [am] Jehovah, doing all these things.'

96 Sing to Jehovah a new song, Sing to Jehovah all the earth.

² Sing to Jehovah, bless His name, Proclaim from day to day His salvation.

³ Declare among nations His honour, Among all the peoples His wonders.

⁴ For great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, Fearful He [is] over all gods.

⁵ For all the gods of the peoples [are] nought, And Jehovah made the heavens.

⁶ Honour and majesty [are] before Him, Strength and beauty in His sanctuary.

⁷ Ascribe to Jehovah, O families of the peoples, Ascribe to Jehovah honour and strength.

⁸ Ascribe to Jehovah the honour of His name, Lift up a present and come in to His courts.

⁹ Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the honour of holiness, Be afraid of His presence, all the earth.

¹⁰ Say among nations, `Jehovah hath reigned, Also -- established is the world, unmoved, He judgeth the peoples in uprightness.'

¹¹ The heavens joy, and the earth is joyful, The sea and its fulness roar.

¹² The field exulteth, and all that [is] in it, Then sing do all trees of the forest,

¹³ Before Jehovah, for He hath come, For He hath come to judge the earth. He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the peoples in His faithfulness!

1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

² We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,

³ unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

⁴ having known, brethren beloved, by God, your election,

⁵ because our good news did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance, even as ye have known of what sort we became among you because of you,

⁶ and ye -- ye did become imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Spirit,

⁷ so that ye became patterns to all those believing in Macedonia and Achaia,

⁸ for from you hath sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God did go forth, so that we have no need to say anything,

⁹ for they themselves concerning us do declare what entrance we had unto you, and how ye did turn unto God from the idols, to serve a living and true God,

¹⁰ and to wait for His Son from the heavens, whom He did raise out of the dead -- Jesus, who is rescuing us from the anger that is coming.

¹⁵ Then the Pharisees having gone, took counsel how they might ensnare him in words,

¹⁶ and they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and the way of God in truth thou dost teach, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men;

¹⁷ tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?'

¹⁸ And Jesus having known their wickedness, said, `Why me do ye tempt, hypocrites?

¹⁹ show me the tribute-coin?' and they brought to him a denary;

²⁰ and he saith to them, `Whose [is] this image and the inscription?'

²¹ they say to him, `Caesar's;' then saith he to them, `Render therefore the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'

²² and having heard they wondered, and having left him they went away.