Readings for the day · Pentecost Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for October 18, 2026, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and LSB Three-Year keep Proper 24; Roman Catholic keeps Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time; Historic One-Year keeps The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity. All four agree on the Gospel.
| Reading | Revised CommonProper 24Year A · Oct 18 | Roman CatholicTwenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary TimeYear A · Oct 18 | LSB Three-YearProper 24Year A · Oct 18 | Historic One-YearThe Twentieth Sunday after TrinityOne-year · Oct 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GospelAll read Matthew 22 | Matthew 22:15-22 | Matthew 22:15-21 | Matthew 22:15-22 | Matthew 22:1-14or Matthew 21:33-44 |
| Epistle / Second Reading3 of 4 read 1 Thessalonians 1 | 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 | 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5b | 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 | Ephesians 5:15-21 |
| Old Testament / First Reading2 of 4 read Isaiah 45 | Exodus 33:12-23or Isaiah 45:1-7 | Isaiah 45:1, 4-6 | Isaiah 45:1-7 | Isaiah 55:1-9 |
| Psalm2 of 4 read Psalm 96 | Psalm 99or Psalm 96:1-9, (10-13) | Psalm 96:1+3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10 (7b) | Psalm 96:1-9 (10-13) | Psalm 27:1-9 |
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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