Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Thus saith the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of, to subdue nations before his face, and to turn the backs of kings, and to open the doors before him, and the gates shall not be shut. ⁴For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have made a likeness of thee, and thou hast not known me. ⁵I am the Lord, and there is none else: there is no God, besides me: I girded thee, and thou hast not known me: ⁶That they may know who are from the rising of the sun, and they who are from the west, that there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is none else:

¹A canticle for David himself, when the house was built after the captivity. Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: sing to the Lord, all the earth. ²Sing ye to the Lord and bless his name: shew forth his salvation from day to day. ³Declare his glory among the Gentiles: his wonders among all people. ⁴For the Lord is great, and exceedingly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. ⁵For all the gods of the Gentiles are devils: but the Lord made the heavens. ⁷Bring ye to the Lord, O ye kindreds of the Gentiles, bring ye to the Lord glory and honour: ⁸Bring to the Lord glory unto his name. Bring up sacrifices, and come into his courts: ⁹Adore ye the Lord in his holy court. Let all the earth be moved at his presence. ¹⁰Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned. For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: he will judge the people with justice.

℟ Bring ye to the Lord glory and honour.

Paul and Sylvanus and Timothy: to the church of the Thessalonians, in God the Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ. ²Grace be to you and peace. We give thanks to God always for you all; making a remembrance of you in our prayers without ceasing, ³Being mindful of the work of your faith, and labour, and charity, and of the enduring of the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ before God and our Father: ⁴Knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election: ⁵For our gospel hath not been unto you in word only, but in power also, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much fulness, as you know what manner of men we have been among you for your sakes.

Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to insnare him in his speech. ¹⁶And they sent to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying: Master, we know that thou art a true speaker, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou dost not regard the person of men. ¹⁷Tell us therefore what dost thou think, is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? ¹⁸But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said: Why do you tempt me, ye hypocrites? ¹⁹Shew me the coin of the tribute. And they offered him a penny. ²⁰And Jesus saith to them: Whose image and inscription is this? ²¹They say to him: Caesar’s. Then he saith to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God, the things that are God’s.