Readings for the day · Pentecost Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for August 16, 2026, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and LSB Three-Year keep Proper 15; Roman Catholic keeps Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Historic One-Year keeps The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonProper 15Year A · Aug 16 | Roman CatholicTwentieth Sunday in Ordinary TimeYear A · Aug 16 | LSB Three-YearProper 15Year A · Aug 16 | Historic One-YearThe Eleventh Sunday after TrinityOne-year · Aug 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel3 of 4 read Matthew 15 | Matthew 15:(10-20), 21-28 | Matthew 15:21-28 | Matthew 15:21-28 | Luke 18:9-14 |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read Romans 11 | Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 | Romans 11:13-15, 29-32 | Romans 11:1-2a, 13-15, 28-32 | Ephesians 2:1-10or 1 Corinthians 15:1-10 |
| Old Testament / First Reading2 of 4 read Isaiah 56 | Genesis 45:1-15or Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 | Isaiah 56:1, 6-7 | Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 | Genesis 4:1-15 |
| Psalm2 of 4 read Psalm 67 | Psalm 133or Psalm 67 | Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6+8 (4) | Psalm 67 | Psalm 50:7-23 |
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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