35:1The land that was desolate and impassable shall be glad, and the wilderness shall rejoice, and shall flourish like the lily.

2It shall bud forth and blossom, and shall rejoice with joy and praise: the glory of Libanus is given to it: the beauty of Carmel, and Saron, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the beauty of our God.

3Strengthen you the feeble hands, and confirm the weak knees.

4Say to the fainthearted: Take courage, and fear not: look your God will bring the revenge of recompense: God himself will come and will save you.

5Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

6Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall be free: for waters are broken out in the desert, and streams in the wilderness.

10And the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and shall come into Sion with praise, and eternal joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

146:6And they shall speak of the might of your terrible acts: and shall declare your greatness.

7They shall publish the memory of the abundance of your sweetness: and shall rejoice in your righteousness.

8The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy.

9The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

10Let all your works, O lord, praise you: and let your saints bless you.

5:7Be patient therefore, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. Look, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth: patiently bearing till he receive the early and latter rain.

8Be you therefore also patient, and strengthen your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

9Grudge not, brothers and sisters, one against another, that you may not be judged. Look the judge stands before the door.

10Take, my brothers and sisters, for an example of suffering evil, of work and patience, the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.

11:2Now when John had heard in prison the works of Christ: sending two of his disciples he said to him:

3Art you he that art to come, or look we for another?

4And Jesus making answer said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen.

5The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them.

6And blessed is the one who shall not be scandalized in me.

7And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John: What went you out into the desert to see? a reed shaken with the wind?

8But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Look those who are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings.

9But what went you out to see? a prophet? yea I tell you, and more than a prophet.

10For this is he of whom it is written: Look I send my angel before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.

11Amen I say to you, there has not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.