Psalm 31:9–10, 14–19

⁹Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;
my eye is wasted from grief;
my soul and my body also.
¹⁰For my life is spent with sorrow,
and my years with sighing;
my strength fails because of my iniquity,
and my bones waste away.

¹⁴But I trust in you, O Lord;
I say, “You are my God.”
¹⁵My times are in your hand;
rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
¹⁶Make your face shine on your servant;
save me in your steadfast love!
¹⁷O Lord, let me not be put to shame,
for I call upon you;
let the wicked be put to shame;
let them go silently to Sheol.
¹⁸Let the lying lips be mute,
which speak insolently against the righteous
in pride and contempt.

¹⁹Oh, how abundant is your goodness,
which you have stored up for those who fear you
and worked for those who take refuge in you,
in the sight of the children of mankind!

Old Testament Reading Proverbs 22:1–21

¹A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
and favor is better than silver or gold.
²The rich and the poor meet together;
the Lord is the maker of them all.
³The prudent sees danger and hides himself,
but the simple go on and suffer for it.
⁴The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
is riches and honor and life.
⁵Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.
⁶Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.
⁷The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
⁸Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
and the rod of his fury will fail.
⁹Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed,
for he shares his bread with the poor.
¹⁰Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out,
and quarreling and abuse will cease.
¹¹He who loves purity of heart,
and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
¹²The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
but he overthrows the words of the traitor.
¹³The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be killed in the streets!”
¹⁴The mouth of forbidden women is a deep pit;
he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
¹⁵Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
¹⁶Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

¹⁷Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise,
and apply your heart to my knowledge,
¹⁸for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
if all of them are ready on your lips.
¹⁹That your trust may be in the Lord,
I have made them known to you today, even to you.
²⁰Have I not written for you thirty sayings
of counsel and knowledge,
²¹to make you know what is right and true,
that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?

New Testament Reading John 18:1–14

¹When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. ²Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. ³So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. ⁴Then Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, “Whom do you seek?” ⁵They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, “I am he.” Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. ⁶When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. ⁷So he asked them again, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.” ⁸Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go.” ⁹This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: “Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.” ¹⁰Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and 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 that the Father has given me?”

¹²So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him. ¹³First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. ¹⁴It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.