Readings for the day · Pentecost Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for August 23, 2026, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and LSB Three-Year keep Proper 16; Roman Catholic keeps Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time; Historic One-Year keeps The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonProper 16Year A · Aug 23 | Roman CatholicTwenty-first Sunday in Ordinary TimeYear A · Aug 23 | LSB Three-YearProper 16Year A · Aug 23 | Historic One-YearThe Twelfth Sunday after TrinityOne-year · Aug 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel3 of 4 read Matthew 16 | Matthew 16:13-20 | Matthew 16:13-20 | Matthew 16:13-20 | Mark 7:31-37 |
| Epistle / Second Reading2 of 4 read Romans 11 | Romans 12:1-8 | Romans 11:33-36 | Romans 11:33-12:8 | 2 Corinthians 3:4-11or Romans 10:9-17 |
| Old Testament / First ReadingEvery one differs | Exodus 1:8-2:10or Isaiah 51:1-6 | Isaiah 22:19-23 | Isaiah 51:1-6 | Isaiah 29:17-24 |
| Psalm2 of 4 read Psalm 138 | Psalm 124or Psalm 138 | Psalm 138:1-2a, 2b-3, 6+8 (8bc) | Psalm 138 | Psalm 146 |
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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