2021 Lectionary

The lectionary is a collection of readings from the Holy Bible, arranged by Sunday of the Church Year and includes Holy Days. These scripture readings can be read at the weekly gather of Gods People or used for daily personal meditation.

Readings for 2021

The lectionary is a collection of readings from the Holy Bible. The readings are arranged by Sunday of the Church Year and include specific Holy Days. There is typically a reading from the Old Testament, the Psalms, the Epistles and the Holy Gospels. These scripture readings can be read at weekly gatherings of Gods People or used for daily personal meditation. An organized lectionary had already begun to be established by the Church in the 4th century.

For a printable version, click here: 2021 Lectionary Readings.

Date		Season	1st Reading	Psalm	2nd Reading	Gospel
January 01		New Year's Eve	Numbers 6:22-27	Psalm 8	Galatians 4:4-7	Luke 2:15-21
January 03		2 Christmas	Jer 31:7-14	Ps 147	Eph 1:3-14	John 1:10-18
January 06		Epiphany of Our Lord	Isa 60:1-6	Ps 72	Eph 3:1-12	Matt 2:1-12
January 10		Baptism of Our Lord	Gen 1:1-5	Ps 29	Acts 19:1-7	Mark 1:4-11
January 17		2 Epiphany	1 Sam 3:1-10	Ps 139	1 Cor 6:12-20	John 1:43-51
January 24		3 Epiphany	Jonah 3:1-10	Ps 62	1 Cor 7:29-31	Mark 1:14-20
January 31		4 Epiphany	Deut 18:15-20	Ps 111	1 Cor 8:1-13	Mark 1:21-28
February 07		5 Epiphany	Isa 40:21-31	Ps 147	1 Cor 9:16-23	Mark 1:29-39
February 14		Transfiguration of our Lord	2 Kings 2:1-12	Ps 50:1-6	2 Cor 4:3-6	Mark 9:2-9
February 17		Ash Wednesday	Joel 2:1-17	Ps 51	2 Cor 5:20b-6:10	Matt 6:1-6, 16-21
February 21		1 Lent	Gen 9:8-17	Ps 25	1 Peter 3:18-22	Mark 1:9-15
February 28		2 Lent	Gen 17:1-16	Ps 22:23-31	Rom 4:13-25	Mark 8:31-38
March 07		3 Lent	Exod 20:1-17	Ps 19	1 Cor 1:18-25	John 2:13-22
March 14		4 Lent	Num 21:4-9	Ps 107:1-3, 17-22	Eph 2:1-10	John 3:14-21
March 21		5 Lent	Jer 31:31-34	Ps 51	Heb 5:5-10	John 12:20-33
March 28		Passion/Palm Sunday	Isa 50:4-9a	Ps 31:1-16	Phil 2:1-11	Mark 14:1-15:47
April 01		Maundy Thursday	Exod 12:1-14	Ps 116	1 Cor 11:23-26	John 13:1-17, 31b-35
April 02		Good Friday	Isa 52:13-53:12	Ps 22	Heb 10:16-25	John 18:1-19:42
April 04		Easter Day	Acts 10:34-43	Ps 118:1-2, 14-24	1 Cor 15:1-11	Mark 16:1-8
Date		Season	1st Reading	Psalm	2nd Reading	Gospel
April 11		2 Easter	Acts 4:32-35	Ps 133	1 John 1:1-2:2	John 20:19-31
April 18		3 Easter	Acts 3:12-19	Ps 4	1 John 3:1-7	Luke 24:36b-48
April 25		4 Easter	Acts 4:5-12	Ps 23	1 John 3:16-24	John 10:11-18
May 02		5 Easter	Acts 8:26-40	Ps 22:25-31	1 John 4:7-21	John 15:1-8
May 09		6 Easter	Acts 10:44-48	Ps 98	1 John 5:1-6	John 15:9-17
May 13		Ascension of Our Lord	Acts 1:1-11	Ps 47	Eph 1:15-23	Luke 2:44-53
May 16		7 Easter	Acts 1:15-26	Ps 1	1 John 5:9-13	John 17:6-19
May 23		Day of Pentecost	Acts 2:1-21	Ps 104:24-35	Rom 8:22-27	John 15:26-27;16:4b-15
May 30		The Holy Trinity	Isa 6:1-8	Ps 29	Rom 8:12-17	John 3:1-17
June 06		Lectionary 10 (Pent 2)	Gen 3:8-15	Ps 130	2 Cor 4:13-5:1	Mark 3:20-35
June 13		Lectionary 11 (Pent 3)	Ezek 17:22-24	Ps 92	2 Cor 5:6-17	Mark 4:26-34
June 20		Lectionary 12 (Pent 4)	Job 38:1-11	Ps 107:1-3, 23-32	2 Cor 6:1-13	Mark 4:35-41
June 27		Lectionary 13 (Pent 5)	Lam 3:22-33	Ps 30	2 Cor 8:7-15	Mark 5:21-43
July 04		Lectionary 14 (Pent 6)	Ezek 2:1-5	Ps 123	2 Cor 12:2-10	Mark 6:1-13
July 11		Lectionary 15 (Pent 7)	Amos 7:7-15	Ps 85	Eph 1:3-14	Mark 6:14-29
July 18		Lectionary 16 (Pent 8)	Jer 23:1-6	Ps 23	Eph 2:11-22	Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
July 25		Lectionary 17 (Pent 9)	2 Kings 4:42-44	Ps 145:10-18	Eph 3:14-21	John 6:1-21
August 01		Lectionary 18 (Pent 10)	Exod 16:2-15	Ps 78:23-29	Eph 4:1-16	John 6:24-35
August 08		Lectionary 19 (Pent 11)	1 Kings 19:4-8	Ps 34:1-8	Eph 4:25-5:2	John 6:35-51
August 15		Lectionary 20 (Pent 12)	Prov 9:1-6	Ps 34:9-14	Eph 5:15-20	John 6:51-58
August 22		Lectionary 21 (Pent 13)	Josh 24:1-2a, 14-18	Ps 34:15-22	Eph 6:10-20	John 6:56-69
August 29		Lectionary 22 (Pent 14)	Deut 4:1-9	Ps 15	James 1:17-27	Mark 7:1-23
Date		Season	1st Reading	Psalm	2nd Reading	Gospel
September 05		Lectionary 23 (Pent 15)	Isa 35	Ps 146	James 2:1-17	Mark 7:24-37
September 12		Lectionary 24 (Pent 16)	Isa 50:1-9	Ps 116	James 3:1-12	Mark 8:27-38
September 19		Lectionary 25 (Pent 17)	Jer 11:18-20	Ps 54	James 3:13-4:-8	Mark 9:30-37
September 26		Lectionary 26 (Pent 18)	Num 11:4-16, 24-29	Ps 19	James 5:13-20	Mark 9:38-50
October 03		Lectionary 27 (Pent 19)	Gen 2:18-24	Ps 8	Heb 1:1-4, 2:5-12	Mark 10:2-16
October 10		Lectionary 28 (Pent 20 )	Amos 5:6-15	Ps 90	Heb 4:12-16	Mark 10:17-31
October 17		Lectionary 29 (Pent 21)	Isa 53	Ps 91:9-16	Heb 5:1-10	Mark 10:35-45
October 24		Lectionary 30 (Pent 22)	Jer 21:7-9	Ps 126	Heb 7:23-38	Mark 10:46-52
October 31		Reformation Sunday	Jer 31:31-34	Ps 46	Rom 3:19-28	John 8:31-36
		or Lectionary 31 (Pent 23)	Deut 6:1-9	Ps 119:1-8	Heb 9:11-14	Mark 12:28-34
November 07		All Saints' Sunday	Isa 25:6-9	Ps 24	Rev 21:1-6a	John11:32-44
		or Lectionary 32 (Pent 24)	1 Kings 17:8-16	Ps 146	Heb 9:24-38	Mark 12:38-44
November 14		Lectionary 33 (Pent 25)	Dan 12:1-3	Ps 16	Heb 10:11-25	Mark 13:1-8
November 21		Christ the King	Dan 7:9-14	Ps 93	Rev 1:1-8	John 18:33-37
November 28		Advent 1	Jeremiah 33:14-16	Psalm 25	I Thessalonians 3:9-13	Luke 21:25-36
December 05		Advent 2	Malachi 3:1-4	Luke 1:68-79	Philippians 1:3-11	Luke 3:1-6
December 12		Advent 3	Zephaniah 3:14-20	Isaiah 12:2-6	Philippians 4:1-9	Luke 3:7-18
December 19		Advent 4	Micah 5:2-5	Luke 1:46-55	Hebrews 10:1-10	Luke 1:39-55
December 24		Christmas Eve	Isaiah 9:1-7	Psalm 96	Titus 2:11-14	Luke 2:1-20
December 25		Christmas Day	Isaiah 62:6-12	Psalm 98	Hebrews 1:1-12	John 1:1-14
December 27		Christmas 1	I Samuel 2:18-26	Psalm 148	Colossians 3:1-17	Luke 2:41-52