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The Readings Appointed for This Sunday
Four lectionary traditions, side by side: the Revised Common Lectionary, the Roman Lectionary of the Catholic Church, the Lutheran Service Book, and the historic one-year lectionary. Follow any reading for its own page, with commentary, the Church Fathers, artwork and worship resources.
October 18, 2026
Proper 24 · Year A
- GospelMatthew 22:15-22
- Epistle1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
- Old TestExodus 33:12-23
- PsalmPsalm 99
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year A
- Old TestIsaiah 45:1, 4-6
- PsalmPsalm 96:1+3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10 (7b)
- Epistle1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b
- GospelMatthew 22:15-21
Proper 24 · Year A
- Old TestIsaiah 45:1-7
- PsalmPsalm 96:1-9 (10-13)
- Epistle1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
- GospelMatthew 22:15-22
20th Sunday after Trinity
- Old TestIsaiah 55:1-9
- PsalmPsalm 27:1-9
- EpistleEphesians 5:15-21
- GospelMatthew 22:1-14
How to use the menu on the left
- The small box at the very top sets the year: A, B or C.
- Below it, choose a tradition to see this week’s readings and resources, or Compare all Four to see them side by side.
- In the middle, PLAN AHEAD and SEASONS walk through the Sundays and festivals ahead.
- FULL YEAR CALENDARS delivers a whole year on one page.
- SCRIPTURE INDEX, at the bottom, lists every single Bible passage in all four traditions.
The four traditions
- Revised Common Lectionary · full-year calendar
- Roman Catholic Lectionary · full-year calendar
- LSB Three-Year Lectionary · full-year calendar
- Historic One-Year Lectionary · full-year calendar
Look a passage up
The scripture index runs the other way round: start from a passage and it tells you every Sunday and festival that appoints it, in all four traditions.
What is a lectionary?
A lectionary is a schedule of Bible readings appointed for each Sunday and festival of the church year. Rather than a preacher choosing a passage each week, the readings are set in advance and followed in common, so congregations across a tradition hear the same scripture on the same day. Lectionaries run on a three-year cycle. Year A focuses on Matthew. Year B on Mark. Year C on Luke. The historic one-year lectionary is the exception. It repeats the same readings annually. Appointed readings are as old as Jesus’ day.
A Sunday usually appoints four readings: one from the Old Testament, a psalm, one from the epistles, and one from the gospels. The four traditions agree far more often than they differ, and where they differ the difference is usually a matter of a few verses or a week’s displacement.