The following are the readings for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 16, (Proper 24) according to the Revised Common (RCL), Episcopal (ECUSA), Roman Catholic, Canadian BAS, and the Church of England (Common Worship) lectionaries. All readings are taken from the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) of the Bible. Unless noted otherwise, the ECUSA, Canadian and C of E lectionaries are identical to the RCL for this day.

OLD TESTAMENT: Jeremiah 31:27-34 (RCL) 

Jere 31:27 (NRSV) The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of humans and the seed of animals. 28 And just as I have watched over them to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring evil, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the LORD. 29 In those days they shall no longer say: 
"The parents have eaten sour grapes, 
and the children's teeth are set on edge." 
30 But all shall die for their own sins; the teeth of everyone who eats sour grapes shall be set on edge. 
31 The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. 32 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt--a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the LORD. 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, "Know the LORD," for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the LORD; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more. 

Genesis 32: 22 - 31 (alt. for RCL) 

Gene 32:22 (NRSV)  The same night he [Jacob] got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jab'bok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and likewise everything that he had. 24 Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, "Let me go, for the day is breaking." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go, unless you bless me." 27 So he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob." 28 Then the man said, "You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans, and have prevailed." 29 Then Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And there he blessed him. 30 So Jacob called the place Peni'el, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved." 31 The sun rose upon him as he passed Penu'el, limping because of his hip. 

Exodus 17: 8 - 13 (Roman Catholic) 

Exod 17:8 (NRSV) Then Am'alek came and fought with Israel at Reph'idim. 9 Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some men for us and go out, fight with Am'alek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand." 10 So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Am'alek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed; and whenever he lowered his hand, Am'alek prevailed. 12 But Moses' hands grew weary; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; so his hands were steady until the sun set. 13 And Joshua defeated Am'alek and his people with the sword. 

PSALM 119: 97 - 104 (RCL) 

Psal 119:97 (NRSV) Oh, how I love your law! 
It is my meditation all day long. 
98 Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, 
for it is always with me. 
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, 
for your decrees are my meditation. 
100 I understand more than the aged, 
for I keep your precepts. 
101 I hold back my feet from every evil way, 
in order to keep your word. 
102 I do not turn away from your ordinances, 
for you have taught me. 
103 How sweet are your words to my taste, 
sweeter than honey to my mouth! 
104 Through your precepts I get understanding; 
therefore I hate every false way. 

Psalm 119: Mem   Quomodo dilexi!    [ECUSA BCP]
 
97  	Oh, how I love your law! *
 	all the day long it is in my mind.
 
98  	Your commandment has made me wiser than my enemies, *
 	and it is always with me.
 
99  	I have more understanding than all my teachers, *
 	for your decrees are my study.
 
100  	I am wiser than the elders, *
 	because I observe your commandments.
 
101  	I restrain my feet from every evil way, *
 	that I may keep your word.
 
102  	I do not shrink from your judgments, *
 	because you yourself have taught me.
 
103  	How sweet are your words to my taste! *
 	they are sweeter than honey to my mouth.
 
104  	Through your commandments I gain understanding; *
 	therefore I hate every lying way.

Psalm 121 (alt. for RCL, Roman Catholic) 

Psal 121:1 (NRSV) I lift up my eyes to the hills-- 
from where will my help come? 
2 My help comes from the LORD, 
who made heaven and earth. 
3 He will not let your foot be moved; 
he who keeps you will not slumber. 
4 He who keeps Israel 
will neither slumber nor sleep. 
5 The LORD is your keeper; 
the LORD is your shade at your right hand. 
6 The sun shall not strike you by day, 
nor the moon by night. 
7 The LORD will keep you from all evil; 
he will keep your life. 
8 The LORD will keep 
your going out and your coming in 
from this time on and forevermore. 

121   Levavi oculos   [ECUSA BCP]
 
1  	I lift up my eyes to the hills; *
 	from where is my help to come?
 
2  	My help comes from the Lord, *
 	the maker of heaven and earth.
 
3  	He will not let your foot be moved *
 	and he who watches over you will not fall asleep.
 
4  	Behold, he who keeps watch over Israel *
 	shall neither slumber nor sleep;
 
5  	The Lord himself watches over you; *
 	the Lord is your shade at your right hand,
 
6  	So that the sun shall not strike you by day, *
 	nor the moon by night.
 
7  	The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; *
 	it is he who shall keep you safe.
 
8  	The Lord shall watch over your going out and
		your coming in, *
 	from this time forth for evermore.

NEW TESTAMENT: 2 Timothy 3: 14 - 4: 5 (RCL) 
                                    2 Timothy 3: 14 - 4: 2 (Roman Catholic) 

2 Tim 3:14 (NRSV) But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it, 15 and how from childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work. 4:1 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I solemnly urge you: 2 proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching. 3 For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, 4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths. 5 As for you, always be sober, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, carry out your ministry fully. 

GOSPEL: Luke 18: 1 - 8 (all) 

Luke 18:1 (NRSV) Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2 He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3 In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, "Grant me justice against my opponent.' 4 For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, "Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.'" 6 And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? 8 I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"