Readings for the day · Pentecost Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for July 19, 2026, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and LSB Three-Year keep Proper 11; Roman Catholic keeps Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Historic One-Year keeps The Seventh Sunday after Trinity. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonProper 11Year A · Jul 19 | Roman CatholicSixteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeYear A · Jul 19 | LSB Three-YearProper 11Year A · Jul 19 | Historic One-YearThe Seventh Sunday after TrinityOne-year · Jul 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel3 of 4 read Matthew 13 | Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 | Matthew 13:24-43 or Matthew 13:24-30 | Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 | Mark 8:1-9 |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read Romans 8 | Romans 8:12-25 | Romans 8:26-27 | Romans 8:18-27 | Romans 6:19-23 |
| Old Testament / First ReadingEvery one differs | Genesis 28:10-19aor Wisdom 12:13, 16-19 or Isaiah 44:6-8 | Wisdom 12:13, 16-19 | Isaiah 44:6-8 | Genesis 2:7-17 |
| PsalmEvery one differs | Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24or Psalm 86:11-17 | Psalm 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16 (5a) | Psalm 119:57-64 | Psalm 33:1-11 |
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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