Readings for the day · Epiphany Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for January 11, 2026, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and Roman Catholic keep Baptism of the Lord; LSB Three-Year keeps The Baptism of Our Lord (First Sunday after the Epiphany); Historic One-Year keeps The First Sunday after the Epiphany. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonBaptism of the LordYear A · Jan 11 | Roman CatholicBaptism of the LordYear A · Jan 11 | LSB Three-YearThe Baptism of Our Lord (First Sunday after the Epiphany)Year A · Jan 11 | Historic One-YearThe First Sunday after the EpiphanyOne-year · Jan 11also The Baptism of Our Lord |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel3 of 4 read Matthew 3 | Matthew 3:13-17 | Matthew 3:13-17 | Matthew 3:13-17 | Luke 2:41-52 |
| Epistle / Second Reading2 of 4 read Acts 10 | Acts 10:34-43 | Acts 10:34-38 | Romans 6:1-11 | Romans 12:1-5 |
| Old Testament / First Reading3 of 4 read Isaiah 42 | Isaiah 42:1-9 | Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 | Isaiah 42:1-9 | 1 Kings 8:6-13 |
| Psalm3 of 4 read Psalm 29 | Psalm 29 | Psalm 29:1-2, 3-4, 3b+9b-10 (11b) | Psalm 29 | Psalm 50:1-15 |
More than one service is appointed on this date. The table shows the first of each tradition’s; the others are linked under the column they belong to.
Every citation above opens its own page: the passage, verse-by-verse commentary, background and word study, the Church Fathers, and worship resources. An “or” line is the second track a lectionary offers for the same day, not a different Sunday. Agreement is judged by chapter, because the four rarely cut a passage to the same length.
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