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Lutheran Church Year
Readings |
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This section of the Bach Cantatas Website (BCW)
contains the readings for all the Sundays and feast days of the Lutheran
Church Year for which Bach wrote cantatas.
The German text is that of the 1545 edition of Luther's translation;
the English is the King James (Authorised) Version (1611).
Informative discussions of how the texts and music of the cantatas
relate to the readings can usually be found in Alfred Dürr's
book on the cantatas.
If you have any corrections and suggestions for improvement of the
Readings pages, please send them to us in accordance with the
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Event |
Epistle |
Gospel |
Bach Works |
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Lutheran Church Year |
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1st
Sunday in Advent |
Romans
13: 11-14 |
Matthew
21: 1-9 |
61,
62,
36 |
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2nd
Sunday in Advent |
Romans
15: 4-13 |
Luke 21:
25-36 |
( 70a) |
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3rd
Sunday in Advent |
1
Corinthians 4: 1-5 |
Matthew
11: 2-10 |
( 186a),
141 |
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4th
Sunday in Advent |
Philippians
4: 4-7 |
John 1:
19-28 |
132,
(147a) |
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Christmas
Day |
Titus
2: 11-14
Isaiah 9: 2-7 |
Luke
2: 1-14 |
63,
91,
110,
191,
248/1,
(197a),
142 |
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2nd
Day of Christmas [St. Stefanus Day] |
Titus.
3: 4-7
Acts 6: 8-15 & 7:
55-60 |
Matthew
23: 35-39
Luke 2: 15-20 |
40,
121,
57,
248/2 |
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3rd
Day of Christmas [St John's Day] |
Hebrews
1: 1-14
Ecclesiastical
Letters 15: 1-8 |
John
1: 1-14 |
64,
133,
151,
248/3 |
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1st
Sunday after Christmas Day |
Galatians
4: 1-7 |
Luke
2: 33-40 |
152,
122,
28 |
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New
Year's Day |
Galatians
3: 23-29 |
Luke
2: 21 |
190,
41,
16,
171,
143,
248/4,
134a |
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Sunday
after New Year |
1
Peter 4: 12-19 |
Matthew
2: 13-23 |
153,
58,
248/5 |
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Feast
of Epiphany |
Isaah
60: 1-6 |
Matthew
2: 1-12 |
65,
123,
248/6 |
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1st
Sunday after Epiphany |
Romans
12: 1-6 |
Luke
2: 41-52 |
154,
124,
32,
217 |
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2nd
Sunday after Epiphany |
Romans
12: 6-16 |
John
2: 1-11 |
155,
3,
13 |
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3rd
Sunday after Epiphany |
Romans
12: 17-21 |
Matthew
8: 1-13 |
73,
111,
72,
156 |
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4th
Sunday after Epiphany |
Romans
13: 8-10 |
Matthew
8: 23-27 |
81,
14 |
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5th
Sunday after Epiphany |
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6th
Sunday after Epiphany |
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Septuagesima
Sunday |
1
Corinthians 9: 24 - 10: 5 |
Matthew
20: 1-16 |
144,
92,
84 |
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Sexagesima
Sunday |
2
Corinthians 11: 19 - 12: 9 |
Luke
8: 4-15 |
18,
181,
126 |
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Quinquagesima
Sunday [Estomihi] |
1
Corinthians 13: 1-13 |
Luke
18: 31-43 |
22,
23,
127,
159 |
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Invocavit [1st Sunday in Lent] |
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Reminiscere [2nd Sunday in Lent] |
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Oculi
[3rd Sunday in Lent] |
Ephesians
5: 1-9 |
Luke 11:
14-28 |
54,
(80a) |
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Laetare (4th Sunday in Lent) |
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Judica (5th Sunday in Lent) |
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Palm
Sunday |
Philippians.
2: 5-11
1 Corinthians 11: 23-32 |
Matthew 21:
1-9 |
182 |
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Good
Friday |
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Easter
Sunday |
1
Corinthians 5: 6-8 |
Mark
16: 1-8 |
4,
31,
249,
15,
160 |
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Easter
Monday [2nd day of Easter] |
Acts
10: 34-43 |
Luke
24: 13-35 |
66,
6,
Anh 190 |
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Easter
Tuesday [3rd day of Easter] |
Acts
13: 26-33 |
Luke
24: 36-47 |
134,
145,
158 |
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Quasimodogeniti
[1st Sunday after Easter] |
1
John 5: 4-10 |
John
20: 19-31 |
67,
42 |
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Misericordias
Domini [2nd Sunday after
Easter] |
1
Peter 2: 21-25 |
John
10: 12-16 |
104,
85,
112 |
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Jubilate
[3rd Sunday after Easter] |
1 Peter
2: 11-20 |
John
16: 16-23 |
12,
103,
146
(224) |
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Cantate
[4th Sunday after Easter] |
James 1:
17-21 |
John 16:
5-15 |
166,
108 |
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Rogate
[5th Sunday after Easter] |
James 1:
22-27 |
John 16:
23-30 |
86,
87 |
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Ascension
Day |
Acts
1: 1-11 |
Mark
16: 14-20 |
37,
128,
43,
11 |
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Exaudi
[Sunday after Ascension] |
1 Peter
4: 8-11 |
John 15:
26 - 16: 4 |
44,
183 |
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Whit
Sunday [1st Day of Pentecost] |
Acts
2: 1-13 |
John
14: 23-31 |
172,
59,
74,
34,
218 |
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Whit
Monday [2nd Day of Pentecost] |
Acts
10: 42-48 |
John
3: 16-21 |
173,
68,
174 |
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Whit
Tuesday [3rd Day of Pentecost] |
Acts
8: 14-17 |
John
10: 1-10 |
184,
175 |
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Trinity
Sunday |
Romans
11: 33-36 |
John 3:
1-15 |
165,
194,
176,
129 |
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1st
Sunday after Trinity |
1 John
4: 16-21 |
Luke
16: 19-31 |
75,
20,
39 |
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2nd
Sunday after Trinity |
1 John
3: 13-18 |
Luke
14: 16-24 |
76,
2 |
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3rd
Sunday after Trinity |
1 Peter
5: 6-11 |
Luke
15: 1-10 |
21,
135 |
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4th
Sunday after Trinity |
Romans
8: 18-23 |
Luke 6:
36-42 |
185,
24,
177 |
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5th
Sunday after Trinity |
1 Peter
3: 8-15 |
Luke 5:
1-11 |
93,
88 |
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6th
Sunday after Trinity |
Romans
6: 3-11 |
Matthew
5: 20-26 |
170,
9 |
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7th
Sunday after Trinity |
Romans
6: 19-23 |
Mark 8:
1-9 |
186,
107,
187,
Anh 1,
Anh 209 |
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8th
Sunday after Trinity |
Romans
8: 12-17 |
Matthew
7: 15-23 |
136,
178,
45 |
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9th
Sunday after Trinity |
1
Corinthians 10: 6-13 |
Luke
16: 1-9 |
105,
94,
168 |
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10th
Sunday after Trinity |
1
Corinthians 12: 1-11 |
Luke
19: 41-48 |
46,
101,
102 |
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11th
Sunday after Trinity |
1
Corinthians 15: 1-10 |
Luke
18: 9-14 |
199,
179,
113 |
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12th
Sunday after Trinity |
2
Corinthians 3: 4-11 |
Mark
7: 31-37 |
69a,
137,
35 |
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13th
Sunday after Trinity |
Galatians
3: 15-22 |
Luke
10: 23-37 |
77,
33,
164 |
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14th
Sunday after Trinity |
Galatians
5: 16-24 |
Luke
17: 11-19 |
25,
78,
17 |
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15th
Sunday after Trinity |
Galatians
5: 25 - 6: 10 |
Matthew
6: 23-34 |
138,
99,
51,
100 |
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16th
Sunday after Trinity |
Ephesians
3: 13-21 |
Luke
7: 11-17 |
161,
95,
8,
27 |
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17th
Sunday after Trinity |
Ephesians
4: 1-6 |
Luke
14: 1-11 |
114,
148,
47 |
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18th
Sunday after Trinity |
1
Corinthians 1: 4-8 |
Matthew
22: 34-46 |
96,
169 |
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19th
Sunday after Trinity |
Ephesians
4: 22-28 |
Matthew
9: 1-8 |
48,
5,
56,
BWV Anh 2 |
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20th
Sunday after Trinity |
Ephesians
5: 15-21 |
Matthew
22: 1-14 |
162,
180,
49 |
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21st
Sunday after Trinity |
Ephesians
6: 10-17 |
John
4: 46-54 |
109,
38,
98,
188 |
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22nd
Sunday after Trinity |
Philippians
1: 3-11 |
Matthew
18: 23-35 |
89,
115,
55 |
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23rd
Sunday after Trinity |
Philippians
3: 17-21 |
Matthew
22: 15-22 |
163,
139,
52 |
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24th
Sunday after Trinity |
Colossians
1: 9-14 |
Matthew
9: 18-26 |
60,
26 |
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25th
Sunday after Trinity |
1
Thessalonians 4: 13-18 |
Matthew
24: 15-28 |
90,
116 |
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26th
Sunday after Trinity |
2
Peter 3: 3-13 |
Matthew
25: 31-46 |
70 |
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27th
Sunday after Trinity |
2
Corinthians 5: 1-10
1 Thessalonians 5:
1-11 |
Matthew
25: 1-13 |
140 |
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Events with fixed date |
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Feast
of Purification of Mary |
Malachi
3: 1-4 |
Luke
2: 22-32 |
83,
125,
82,
157,
158,
200,
161,
Anh 157 |
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Feast
of Annunciation of Mary |
Isaiah
7: 10-16 |
Luke
1: 26-38 |
1,
182,
Anh 156,
BWV Anh 199 |
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Feast
of Nativity of St John the Baptist |
Isaiah
40: 1-5 |
Luke
1: 57-80 |
167,
7,
30,
220 |
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Feast
of Visitation of Mary |
Isaiah
11: 1-5 |
Luke
1: 39-56 |
147,
10,
189 |
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Feast
of St Michael and All Angels |
Revelations
12: 7-12 |
Matthew
18: 1-11 |
130,
19,
149,
50,
219,
Anh 198 |
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Feast
of Reformation |
2
Thessalonians 2: 3-8 |
Revelations
14: 6-8 |
80,
80b,
79,
129
(?), 192 |
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Prepared by Francis Browne
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November 2008) |
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