Readings for the day · Pentecost Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for August 2, 2026, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and LSB Three-Year keep Proper 13; Roman Catholic keeps Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Historic One-Year keeps The Ninth Sunday after Trinity. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonProper 13Year A · Aug 2 | Roman CatholicEighteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeYear A · Aug 2 | LSB Three-YearProper 13Year A · Aug 2 | Historic One-YearThe Ninth Sunday after TrinityOne-year · Aug 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel3 of 4 read Matthew 14 | Matthew 14:13-21 | Matthew 14:13-21 | Matthew 14:13-21 | Luke 16:1-9 (10-13) |
| Epistle / Second Reading2 of 4 read Romans 9 | Romans 9:1-5 | Romans 8:35, 37-39 | Romans 9:1-5 (6-13) | 1 Corinthians 10:6-13 |
| Old Testament / First Reading2 of 4 read Isaiah 55 | Genesis 32:22-31or Isaiah 55:1-5 | Isaiah 55:1-3 | Isaiah 55:1-5 | 2 Samuel 22:26-34 |
| PsalmEvery one differs | Psalm 17:1-7, 15or Psalm 145:8-9, 14-21 | Psalm 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18 | Psalm 136:1-9 (23-26) | Psalm 51:1-12 |
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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