Daily Lectionary

February 15, 2025

February 14, 2025 February 16, 2025

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.

Job 11:1-20

Round One: Zophar's Speech:

You are so sinful that God has forgotten some of your sin

11¹Then Zophar the Na'amathite spoke up and responded:

²Doesn't this gush of words call for an answer?

Can this man's bold talk be justified?

³Should your empty words reduce men to silence?

Can you be allowed to scoff without anyone putting you in your place?

⁴You say, “What I teach is untainted,

and I am pure in your eyes.”

⁵Oh how I wish that God would speak up,

open his lips against you,

⁶and show you the secret of wisdom,

because sound judgment must look at both sides.

Then you would know that God has even forgotten some of your guilt!

⁷Can you explore the essence of God?

Can you find a limit to the perfections of the Almighty?

⁸They are as high as the heavens. What can you do?

They are deeper than hell.^[] What can you know?

⁹His dimensions are greater than the earth

and wider than the sea.

¹⁰If God comes and arrests someone and puts him on trial,

who can overrule him?

¹¹Certainly he recognizes deceitful men for what they are.

He sees evil, and he recognizes it for what it is.

¹²Before an empty-headed man gets understanding,

a wild donkey colt will be born as a man.

¹³But you, if you make your heart steadfast,

and you spread out your hands to him,

¹⁴if you put away the sin you are holding in your hand,

and you do not allow injustice to dwell in your tents,

¹⁵then you will lift up your face and be blameless.

You will be solid and fearless.

¹⁶You will certainly forget your trouble.

Your memory of it will be like water that has flowed away.

¹⁷The rest of your life will be brighter than noon.

Darkness will become like morning.

¹⁸You will be confident that there is hope.

When you look around, you will go to bed confidently.

¹⁹You will lie down, and no one will make you tremble.

Many will seek your favor.

²⁰The eyes of the wicked will fail,

and their place of refuge will disappear.

Their hope will vanish with their dying breath.^[]

John 5:19-29

¹⁹Jesus answered them directly, “Amen, Amen, I tell you: The Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing. Indeed, the Son does exactly what the Father does. ²⁰For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing. And he will show him even greater works than these so that you will be amazed. ²¹For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to those he wishes.

²²“In fact, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, ²³so that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. ²⁴Amen, Amen, I tell you: Anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He is not going to come into judgment but has crossed over from death to life.

²⁵“Amen, Amen, I tell you: A time is coming and is here now when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen will live. ²⁶For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he has granted the Son to have life in himself. ²⁷And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

²⁸“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice ²⁹and will come out. Those who have done good will rise to live, but those who have practiced evil will rise to be condemned.