Readings for the day · Pentecost Season · All Four Lectionaries
The readings for August 22, 2027, 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 Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity. No reading is common to all four.
| Reading | Revised CommonProper 16Year B · Aug 22 | Roman CatholicTwenty-first Sunday in Ordinary TimeYear B · Aug 22 | LSB Three-YearProper 16Year B · Aug 22 | Historic One-YearThe Thirteenth Sunday after TrinityOne-year · Aug 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gospel2 of 4 read John 6 | John 6:56-69 | John 6:60-69 | Mark 7:1-13 | Luke 10:23-37 |
| Epistle / Second Reading2 of 4 read Ephesians 5 | Ephesians 6:10-20 | Ephesians 5:21-32 or Ephesians 5:2a, 25-32 | Ephesians 5:22-33 | Galatians 3:15-22 |
| Old Testament / First ReadingEvery one differs | 1 Kings 8:(1,6,10-11), 22-30, 41-43or Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18 | Joshua 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b | Isaiah 29:11-19 | 2 Chronicles 28:8-15 |
| PsalmEvery one differs | Psalm 84or Psalm 34:15-22 | Psalm 34:2-3, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23 (9a) | Psalm 14 | Psalm 32 |
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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