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Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time in three lectionaries
Revised Common and LSB Three-Year keep Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany; Roman Catholic keeps Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Historic One-Year appoints no readings for this date. All three agree on the Gospel, the Epistle, the Old Testament and the Psalm.
| Reading | Revised CommonSeventh Sunday after the EpiphanyYear B | Roman CatholicSeventh Sunday in Ordinary TimeYear B | LSB Three-YearSeventh Sunday after the EpiphanyYear B |
|---|---|---|---|
| GospelWord for word the same | Mark 2:1-12 | Mark 2:1-12 | Mark 2:1-12 |
| Epistle / Second ReadingWord for word the same | 2 Corinthians 1:18-22 | 2 Corinthians 1:18-22 | 2 Corinthians 1:18-22 |
| Old Testament / First ReadingAll read Isaiah 43 | Isaiah 43:18-25 | Isaiah 43:18-19, 21-22, 24b-25 | Isaiah 43:18-25 |
| PsalmAll read Psalm 41 | Psalm 41 | Psalm 41:2-3, 4-5, 13-14 | Psalm 41 |
Historic One-Year Lectionary appoints no readings for this date, so it has no column above.
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. This page always shows the current week and updates each Sunday.
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