Readings for the day · Epiphany Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for January 25, 2026, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and LSB Three-Year keep Third Sunday after the Epiphany; Roman Catholic keeps Third Sunday in Ordinary Time; Historic One-Year keeps The Transfiguration of Our Lord. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonThird Sunday after the EpiphanyYear A · Jan 25 | Roman CatholicThird Sunday in Ordinary TimeYear A · Jan 25 | LSB Three-YearThird Sunday after the EpiphanyYear A · Jan 25 | Historic One-YearThe Transfiguration of Our LordOne-year · Jan 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel3 of 4 read Matthew 4 | Matthew 4:12-23 | Matthew 4:12-23 or Matthew 4:12-17 | Matthew 4:12-25 | Matthew 17:1-9 |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read 1 Corinthians 1 | 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 | 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17 | 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 | 2 Peter 1:16-21 |
| Old Testament / First Reading2 of 4 read Isaiah 9 | Isaiah 9:1-4 | Isaiah 8:23–9:3 | Isaiah 9:1-4 | Exodus 34:29-35or Exodus 3:1-14 |
| Psalm3 of 4 read Psalm 27 | Psalm 27:1, 4-9 | Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14 (1a) | Psalm 27:1-9 (10-14) | Psalm 2 |
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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