The Wartburg Project

Daily Lectionary

June 6, 2024

June 5, 2024 June 7, 2024

These daily readings from the EHV follow the one-year daily lectionary provided in Christian Worship: Hymnal, the Lutheran Service Book, and the Treasury of Daily Prayer. In this lectionary, two readings of 15-25 verses each are provided for each day. Under this plan, nearly all of the New Testament and approximately one-third of the Old Testament are read each year. These readings fit well within the daily offices of Matins, Vespers, or Compline as daily family devotions.

Proverbs 3:5-24

5Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not rely on your own understanding.
6In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
7Do not consider yourself wise.
Fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
8Then your body[] will be healed,
and your bones will be refreshed.
9Honor the Lord with your wealth,
with the firstfruits from your entire harvest.
10Then your barns will be filled to capacity,
and your wine vats will overflow with fresh wine.
11Do not reject the Lord's discipline, my son,
and do not despise his warning,
12because the Lord warns[] the one he loves
as a father warns a son with whom he is pleased.
13How blessed is the person who finds wisdom,[]
the person who acquires understanding,
14because the profit it gives is better than the profit from silver,
and its yield is better than gold!
15It is more valuable than gems,[]
and nothing you desire can equal it.
16In its right hand are the days of a long life.
In its left hand are riches and honor.
17Its ways are pleasant ways,
and all its paths are peace.
18It is a tree of life for those who hold on to it.
Those who cling to it are blessed.
19The Lord founded the earth by wisdom.
He established the heavens by understanding.
20By his knowledge the deep waters were divided,
and the clouds drip dew.
21My son, do not take your eyes off these things.
Guard sound judgment and insight.
22They will be life for your soul
and grace to adorn your neck.
23Then you will walk safely on your way,
and your foot will not stumble.
24When you lie down, you will not be afraid.
When you lie down, your sleep will be pleasant.

John 11:38-57

38Jesus was deeply moved again as he came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39“Take away the stone,” he said.
Martha, the dead man's sister, told him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, because it has been four days.”
40Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” 41So they took away the stone.
Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you heard me. 42I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.” 43After he said this, he shouted with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44The man who had died came out with his feet and his hands bound with strips of linen and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus told them, “Loose him and let him go.”
The Plot
(Matthew 26:1-5; Mark 14:1-2; Luke 22:1-6)
45Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did believed in him. 46But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47So the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin. They asked, “What are we going to do, because this man is doing many miraculous signs? 48If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
49But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. 50You do not even consider that it is better for us[] that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.” 51He did not say this on his own, but, as high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, 52and not only for that nation, but also in order to gather into one the scattered children of God.
53So from that day on they plotted to kill him. 54Therefore Jesus no longer walked about openly among the Jews. Instead he withdrew into a region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim. And he stayed there with his disciples.
55The Jewish Passover was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country to purify themselves before the Passover. 56They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple area, “What do you think? He certainly won't come to the Festival, will he?” 57The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where Jesus was, he should report it so that they could arrest Jesus.