Readings for the day · Epiphany Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for February 1, 2026, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and LSB Three-Year keep Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany; Roman Catholic keeps Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Historic One-Year keeps Septuagesima Sunday. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonFourth Sunday after the EpiphanyYear A · Feb 1 | Roman CatholicFourth Sunday in Ordinary TimeYear A · Feb 1 | LSB Three-YearFourth Sunday after the EpiphanyYear A · Feb 1 | Historic One-YearSeptuagesima SundayOne-year · Feb 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel3 of 4 read Matthew 5 | Matthew 5:1-12 | Matthew 5:1-12a | Matthew 5:1-12 | Matthew 20:1-16 |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read 1 Corinthians 1 | 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 | 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 | 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 | 1 Corinthians 9:24-10:5 |
| Old Testament / First Reading2 of 4 read Micah 6 | Micah 6:1-8 | Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13 | Micah 6:1-8 | Exodus 17:1-7 |
| Psalm2 of 4 read Psalm 15 | Psalm 15 | Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9a, 9b-10 (Matthew 5:3) | Psalm 15 | Psalm 95:1-9 |
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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