As for Mordecai, he went out from the king in royal apparel of yellow and white, and with a great crown of gold, being arrayed with a garment of linen and purple, and the city of Susa rejoiced and was glad:

Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: There shall yet come people, and the inhabiters of many cities.

Then had the congregations rest, throughout all Jewry and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified, and walked in the fear of the Lord; And multiplied by the comfort of the holy ghost.

Thy way

"O full of all subtlety and deceitfulness, and child of the devil, and the enemy of all righteousness: thou ceasest not to pervert the straight ways of the Lord.

The same was informed in the way of the Lord, and he spake fervently in the spirit, and taught diligently the things of the Lord, and knew but the baptism of John only.

and I persecuted this way unto the death: binding, and delivering into prison both men and women,

Saving

Why art thou so heavy, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God, for I will yet give him thanks, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} O be joyful in God, all ye lands;

For his merciful kindness is ever more and more toward us, and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise the everlasting! Hallelujah!

"Behold, I have made thee a light, that thou shouldest be salvation, even unto the end of the world. Kings shall see, and rulers shall stand up and shall worship, because of the LORD, which is faithful; and the holy of Israel hath chosen thee.

Go therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and the son and the holy ghost;

For mine eyes have seen the saviour sent from thee:

And all flesh shall see the saviour sent of God."

For the grace of God, that bringeth salvation unto all men, hath appeared

General references

For all the world shall worship thee, sing of thee, and praise thy name." Selah.

The Heathen shall fear thy name, O LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy majesty,

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