And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white and with a great crown of gold and with a mantel of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, It shall yet come to pass that there shall come people and the inhabitants of many cities

Then the congregations had rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria and were edified, walking in the fear of the Lord, and with the comfort of the Holy Spirit they were multiplied.

Thy way

and said, O full of all deception and all licentiousness, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spoke and taught diligently the things of the Lord, teaching only in the baptism of John.

And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

Saving

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Wait for God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the saving health of my countenance and my God.

Make a joyful noise unto God, all the earth;

For he has greatly increased his mercy upon us; and the truth of the LORD endures for ever. Halelu-JAH.

And he said, It is a light thing that thou should be my slave to wake up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the desolations of Israel; I have also given thee for a light to the Gentiles that thou may be my saving health unto the end of the earth.

Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

for mine eyes have seen thy saving health,

and all flesh shall see the saving health of God.

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,

General references

All the earth shall worship thee and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.

So the Gentiles shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory

Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,