Daily Lectionary

June 9, 2024

June 8, 2024 June 10, 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 8:1-21

Wisdom's Invitation

8¹Do you hear Wisdom calling out?

Do you hear Understanding raising her voice?

²On the hills above the roads,

she takes her stand at the crossroads.

³Beside the gates leading into the city,

at the entrance to the doorways, she cries out:

⁴I call to you men,

and I raise my voice to the people.

⁵You gullible people, get good judgment.^[]

You fools, take this to heart.

⁶Listen, because I am speaking noble thoughts.

I open my lips to speak upright things,

⁷for my mouth declares truth,

but wickedness is disgusting^[] to my lips.

⁸All the words from my mouth are righteous.

There is nothing twisted or crooked in them.

⁹All of them are clear to those who have understanding,

and they are upright to those who find knowledge.

¹⁰Accept my discipline instead of silver.

Accept knowledge rather than fine gold,

¹¹because Wisdom is better than gems,^[]

and anything you may desire cannot equal her.

Wisdom's Benefit

¹²I, Wisdom, dwell with good judgment.^[]

I discover knowledge and foresight.

¹³The fear of the Lord is to hate evil.

I hate haughtiness, arrogance, an evil way, and a perverse mouth.

¹⁴Good advice and sound judgment are mine.

I, Understanding, have strength.

¹⁵By me kings reign,

and rulers administer justice.

¹⁶By me officials govern,

as well as nobles and all just judges.

¹⁷I certainly love those who love me,

and those who eagerly look for me find me.

¹⁸Riches and honor are with me,

as well as enduring wealth and righteousness.

¹⁹My fruit is better than gold, better than pure gold,

and what I produce is better than fine silver.

²⁰I walk on the path of righteousness,

down the middle of the pathways of justice,

²¹so I can provide a rich inheritance to those who love me,

and I can fill their treasuries.

John 12:37-50

³⁷Even though Jesus had done so many miraculous signs in their presence, they still did not believe in him. ³⁸This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said:

Lord, who has believed our message?

And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?^[]

³⁹For this reason they could not believe, because Isaiah also said:

⁴⁰He has blinded their eyes

and hardened their heart,

so that they would not see with their eyes,

or understand with their heart,

or turn—and I would heal them.^[]

⁴¹Isaiah said these things when^[] he saw Jesus' glory and spoke about him.

⁴²Nevertheless, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing him, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue. ⁴³For they loved praise from people more than praise from God.

⁴⁴Then Jesus called out, “The one who believes in me does not believe in me only, but in him who sent me. ⁴⁵And the one who sees me sees him who sent me. ⁴⁶I have come into the world as a light, so that everyone who believes in me would not remain in darkness. ⁴⁷If anyone hears my words but does not hold on to them, I do not judge him, for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. ⁴⁸The one who rejects me and does not receive my words does have a judge. The word which I spoke is what will judge him on the Last Day, ⁴⁹because I have not spoken on my own, but the Father himself who sent me has given me a command regarding what I am to say and what I am to speak. ⁵⁰And I know that his command is eternal life. So the things I speak are exactly what the Father told me to speak.”