Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, to you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy, with all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.
The Lord said to me: You are my servant,/ Israel, through whom I show my glory./ Now the Lord has spoken/ who formed me as his servant from the womb,/ that Jacob may be brought back to him/ and Israel gathered to him;/ and I am made glorious in the sight of the Lord,/ and my God is now my strength!/ It is too little, the Lord says, for you to be my servant,/ to raise up the tribes of Jacob,/ and restore the survivors of Israel;/ I will make you a light to the nations,/ that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.
John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it became known that he was at home.
A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched the leper, and said to him, “I do will it.
On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.
Jesus came to Capernaum with his followers, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught.
After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the Gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment.
Thus says the Lord:/ Here is my servant whom I uphold,/ my chosen one with whom I am pleased,/ upon whom I have put my spirit;/ he shall bring forth justice to the nations,/ not crying out, not shouting,/ not making his voice heard in the street./ A bruised reed he shall not break,/ and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,/ until he establishes justice on the earth;/ the coastlands will wait for his teaching.
