Daily Lectionary

June 19, 2025

June 18, 2025 June 20, 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.

Proverbs 22:1-21

Wise and Foolish Behaviors

22¹A good name is worth more than great wealth.

Respect is worth more than silver and gold.

²Rich and poor have this in common:

The Lord is the Maker of them all.

³A sensible person sees trouble and hides,

but the naïve keep going and pay the penalty.

⁴The outcome of humility and of the fear of the Lord

is wealth, honor, and life.

⁵Thorns and traps are on the road followed by the crooked.

Whoever guards his soul^[] will stay far away from them.

⁶Dedicate^[] a child to the way he should go,

and even when he becomes old, he will not turn away from it.

⁷A rich person rules over poor people,

and a borrower is a slave to a lender.

⁸Whoever sows injustice reaps trouble,

and the rod that inflicts his fury will be destroyed.

⁹A generous person will be blessed,

because he gives some of his food to the poor.

¹⁰Drive away a scoffer, and conflict leaves.

Quarrels and insults cease.

¹¹A person who loves a pure heart and whose lips are gracious

will have a king as his friend.

¹²The eyes of the Lord watch over knowledge.

He overturns the words of a treacherous person.

¹³A lazy person says, “There's a lion outside!

I'll be murdered in the streets!”

¹⁴The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit.

The man who is under the Lord's wrath will fall there.

¹⁵Foolishness is bound tightly to a child's heart.

A rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

¹⁶Whoever oppresses the poor to become great,

and whoever gives gifts to the rich—

both are sure to suffer loss.

Sayings of the Wise

¹⁷Open your ears and listen to the words of the wise,

and set your heart on the knowledge that I offer,

¹⁸for it is pleasant when you keep my words deep within you,^[]

and you have them ready on your lips.

¹⁹Today I make my words known to you—yes, to you,

so that your trust will be in the Lord.

²⁰Have I not written to you already^[] with advice and knowledge,

²¹in order to make accurate, true words known to you,

so that you may reply with true words to those who sent you?

John 18:1-14

The Arrest

(Matthew 26:47-56; Mark 14:43-52; Luke 22:47-54)

18¹After saying these things, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Stream,^[] where there was a garden. He and his disciples went into it.

²Now Judas, who was betraying him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with his disciples. ³So Judas took the company of soldiers and some guards from the chief priests and the Pharisees, and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

⁴Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen to him, went out and asked them, “Who are you looking for?”

⁵“Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied.

“I am he,” Jesus told them.

Judas, the betrayer, was standing with them. ⁶When Jesus told them, “I am he,” they backed away and fell to the ground.

⁷Then Jesus asked them again, “Who are you looking for?”

“Jesus the Nazarene,” they said.

⁸“I told you that I am he,” Jesus replied. “So if you are looking for me, let these men go.” ⁹This was to fulfill the statement he had spoken: “I did not lose any of those you have given me.”

¹⁰Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

¹¹So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath. Shall I not drink the cup my Father has given me?”

¹²Then the company of soldiers, their commander, and the Jewish guards arrested Jesus and bound him. ¹³First they led him to Annas, because he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year. ¹⁴Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews, “It is better that one man die for the people.”