Readings for the day · Pentecost Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for July 26, 2026, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and LSB Three-Year keep Proper 12; Roman Catholic keeps Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Historic One-Year keeps The Eighth Sunday after Trinity. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonProper 12Year A · Jul 26 | Roman CatholicSeventeenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeYear A · Jul 26 | LSB Three-YearProper 12Year A · Jul 26 | Historic One-YearThe Eighth Sunday after TrinityOne-year · Jul 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel3 of 4 read Matthew 13 | Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 | Matthew 13:44-52 or Matthew 13:44-46 | Matthew 13:44-52 | Matthew 7:15-23 |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read Romans 8 | Romans 8:26-39 | Romans 8:28-30 | Romans 8:28-39 | Acts 20:27-38or Romans 8:12-17 |
| Old Testament / First ReadingEvery one differs | Genesis 29:15-28or 1 Kings 3:5-12 | 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12 | Deuteronomy 7:6-9 | Jeremiah 23:16-29 |
| PsalmEvery one differs | Psalm 105:1-11, 45b or Psalm 128or Psalm 119:129-136 | Psalm 119:57+72, 76-77, 127-128, 129-130 (97a) | Psalm 125 | Psalm 26 |
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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