Daily Lectionary

February 29, 2028

February 28, 2028 March 1, 2028

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 32:1-22

Elihu's Monologues

32¹These three men gave up trying to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

²So Elihu son of Barakel, the Buzite from the clan of Ram, burned with anger. His anger burned against Job because Job had justified himself rather than God. ³His anger also burned against his three companions, because they had no answer for Job, but they nevertheless had condemned Job.

⁴Up to this point, Elihu had held back, and he had not spoken to Job, because the others were older and more experienced than he was.

⁵When Elihu saw that the three men had no ready answer, his anger burned. ⁶So Elihu son of Barakel, the Buzite, responded. He said:

I am young and inexperienced, and you are aged.

That is why I held back,

and I was afraid to tell you what I know.

⁷I thought that experience should speak.

Many years should give a man wisdom.

⁸However, it is the spirit^[] in a man

and the breath of the Almighty that give a man understanding.

⁹It is not just the important men who are wise.

The elderly are not the only ones who know how to judge cases.

¹⁰That is why I now say, “Listen to me.”

I will declare what I know—yes, I will.

¹¹Notice that I waited for you to finish your words.

I have listened carefully to your conclusions.

The whole time you were searching for the right words,

¹²I paid attention to you.

But look, not one of you showed Job that he was wrong

or came up with an answer for Job.

¹³So do not say, “We have found wisdom,

but it is God, not a man, who will have to refute him.”

¹⁴Job has not drawn up his speeches against me,

so I will not respond to him with arguments like yours.

¹⁵Those three are shattered. They no longer respond.

They have run out of words.

¹⁶I have waited patiently,

but since they no longer speak,

and they just stand there and do not answer anymore,

¹⁷I will now respond with my contribution.

I will now declare what I know,

¹⁸for I am full of words.

A wind^[] in my belly is building up pressure.

¹⁹My belly is like unvented wine.

I am like a new wineskin ready to burst.

²⁰I intend to speak, so that I can find relief for myself.

Let me open my lips and answer.

²¹I will certainly not show favoritism to any man.

I will not address any man with flattering titles,

²²because I do not know how to pass out flattering titles.

If I did so, my Maker would quickly carry me away.

John 10:1-21

The Good Shepherd

10¹“Amen, Amen, I tell you: Anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the door, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. ²The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. ³The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ⁴When he has brought out all his own sheep, he walks ahead of them. The sheep follow him because they know his voice. ⁵They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.” ⁶Jesus used this illustration in speaking to the people, but they did not understand what he was telling them.

⁷So Jesus said again, “Amen, Amen, I tell you: I am the door for the sheep. ⁸All who came before me^[] were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. ⁹I am the door. Whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture.

¹⁰“A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

¹¹“I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. ¹²The hired man, who is not a shepherd, does not own the sheep. He sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them. ¹³Because he works for money, he does not care about the sheep.

¹⁴“I am the Good Shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me ¹⁵(just as the Father knows me and I know the Father). And I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶I also have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd. ¹⁷This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I may take it up again. ¹⁸No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it up again. This is the commission I received from my Father.”

¹⁹There was a division among the Jews again because of these words. ²⁰Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is out of his mind! Why listen to him?” ²¹Others said, “These are not the sayings of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”