1And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.

2And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the spirit of guidance, and of courage, the spirit of knowledge, and of godliness.

3And he shall be satisfied with the spirit of the reverence for the Lord. He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears.

4But he shall judge the poor with righteousness, and shall reprove with equity for the gentle of the earth: land he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the evil.

5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.

6The wolf shall dwell with the lamb: and the leopard shall lie down with the kid: the calf and the lion, and the sheep shall abide together, and a little child shall lead them.

7The calf and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp: and the weaned child shall thrust his hand into the den of the basilisk.

9They shall not hurt, nor shall they kill in all my holy mountain, for the earth is satisfied with the knowledge of the Lord, as the covering waters of the sea.

10In that day the root of Jesse, who stands for an ensign of the people, him the Gentiles shall beseech, and his tomb shall be glorious.

1A psalm on Solomon.

2Give to the king your judgment, OH God: and to the king's son your righteousness: To judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with judgment.

7In his days shall righteousness spring up, and abundance of peace, till the moon be taken sway.

8And he shall rule from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.

12For he shall deliver the poor from the mighty: and the needy that had no helper.

13He shall spare the poor and needy: and he shall save the souls of the poor.

17Let his name be blessed for evermore$1 his name continueth before the sun. And in him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed: all nations shall magnify him.

4For what things soever were written, were written for our learning: that through patience and the comfort of the scriptures, we might have hope.

5Now the God of patience and of comfort grant you to be of one mind one towards another, according to Jesus Christ:

6That with one mind, and with one mouth, you may glorify God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

7Therefore receive one another, as Christ also has received you to the honour of God.

8For I say that Christ Jesus was minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers.

9But that the Gentiles are to glorify God for his mercy, as it is written: Therefore will I confess to you, OH Lord, among the Gentiles, and will sing to your name.

1And in those days comes John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.

2And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

3For this is he that was said of by Isaias the prophet, saying: A voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare you the way of the Lord, prepare his paths.

4And the same John had his clothing of camels' hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and his food was locusts and wild honey.

5Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the country about Jordan:

6And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

7And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: You brood of vipers, who has showed you to flee from the wrath to come?

8Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance.

9And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father. For I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

10For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not yield good fruit, shall be cut down, and cast into the fire.

11I indeed baptize you in the water to penance, but the one who will come after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire.

12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.