Readings for the day · Epiphany Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for January 6, 2027, in all four lectionaries
Revised Common and Roman Catholic keep Epiphany of the Lord; LSB Three-Year and Historic One-Year keep The Epiphany of Our Lord. All four agree on the Gospel, the Epistle and the Old Testament.
| Reading | Revised CommonEpiphany of the LordYear B · Jan 6 | Roman CatholicEpiphany of the LordYear B · Jan 6 | LSB Three-YearThe Epiphany of Our LordYear B · Jan 6 | Historic One-YearThe Epiphany of Our LordOne-year · Jan 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GospelWord for word the same | Matthew 2:1-12 | Matthew 2:1-12 | Matthew 2:1-12 | Matthew 2:1-12 |
| Epistle / Second ReadingAll read Ephesians 3 | Ephesians 3:1-12 | Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6 | Ephesians 3:1-12 | Ephesians 3:1-12 |
| Old Testament / First ReadingWord for word the same | Isaiah 60:1-6 | Isaiah 60:1-6 | Isaiah 60:1-6 | Isaiah 60:1-6 |
| Psalm3 of 4 read Psalm 72 | Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 | Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13 (cf. 11) | Psalm 72:1-11 (12-15) | Psalm 24 |
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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