The following are the readings for the Third Sunday in Lent, March 3, 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 otherwise noted, the ECUSA, Canadian and Common Worship readings are identical to the RCL this Sunday.

OLD TESTAMENT:  Exodus 20: 1 - 17   (all)

Exod 20:1 (NRSV) Then God spoke all these words: 
2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3 you shall have no other gods before me. 
4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, 6 but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments. 
7 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not acquit anyone who misuses his name. 
8 Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 10 But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; you shall not do any work--you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. 11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it. 
12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. 
13 You shall not murder. 
14 You shall not commit adultery. 
15 You shall not steal. 
16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 
17 You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. 

Note: Vs. 4-6 and 9-11 are optional for the Roman Catholic lectionary.

PSALM 19   (RCL)
Psalm 19: (1 - 6) 7 - 14   (C of E)
Psalm 19: 7 - 10   (Roman Catholic)

Psal 19:1 (NRSV) The heavens are telling the glory of God; 
and the firmament proclaims his handiwork. 
2 Day to day pours forth speech, 
and night to night declares knowledge. 
3 There is no speech, nor are there words; 
their voice is not heard; 
4 yet their voice goes out through all the earth, 
and their words to the end of the world. 
In the heavens he has set a tent for the sun, 
5 which comes out like a bridegroom from his wedding canopy, 
and like a strong man runs its course with joy. 
6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens, 
and its circuit to the end of them; 
and nothing is hid from its heat. 
7 The law of the LORD is perfect, 
reviving the soul; 
the decrees of the LORD are sure, 
making wise the simple; 
8 the precepts of the LORD are right, 
rejoicing the heart; 
the commandment of the LORD is clear, 
enlightening the eyes; 
9 the fear of the LORD is pure, 
enduring forever; 
the ordinances of the LORD are true 
and righteous altogether. 
10 More to be desired are they than gold, 
even much fine gold; 
sweeter also than honey, 
and drippings of the honeycomb. 
11 Moreover by them is your servant warned; 
in keeping them there is great reward. 
12 But who can detect their errors? 
Clear me from hidden faults. 
13 Keep back your servant also from the insolent; 
do not let them have dominion over me. 
Then I shall be blameless, 
and innocent of great transgression. 
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart 
be acceptable to you, 
O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. 

Note: Verse numbering in Roman Catholic bibles is one higher than the above.

19   Caeli enarrant    (ECUSA BCP)
 
1  	The heavens declare the glory of God, *
 	and the firmament shows his handiwork.
 
2  	One day tells its tale to another, *
 	and one night imparts knowledge to another.
 
3  	Although they have no words or language, *
 	and their voices are not heard,
 
4  	Their sound has gone out into all lands, *
 	and their message to the ends of the world.
 
5  	In the deep has he set a pavilion for the sun; *
 	it comes forth like a bridegroom out of his chamber;
 	it rejoices like a champion to run its course.

6  	It goes forth from the uttermost edge of the heavens
and runs about to the end of it again; *
 	nothing is hidden from its burning heat. 

7  	The law of the Lord is perfect
		and revives the soul; *
 	the testimony of the Lord is sure
		and gives wisdom to the innocent.
 
8  	The statutes of the Lord are just
		and rejoice the heart; *
 	the commandment of the Lord is clear
		and gives light to the eyes.
 
9  	The fear of the Lord is clean
		and endures for ever; *
 	the judgments of the Lord are true
		and righteous altogether.
 
10  	More to be desired are they than gold,
		more than much fine gold, *
 	sweeter far than honey,
		than honey in the comb.
 
11  	By them also is your servant enlightened, *
 	and in keeping them there is great reward.
 
12  	Who can tell how often he offends? *
 	cleanse me from my secret faults.
 
13  	Above all, keep your servant from presumptuous sins;
let them not get dominion over me; *
 	then shall I be whole and sound,
 	and innocent of a great offense.
 
14  	Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my
		heart be acceptable in your sight, *
 	O Lord, my strength and my redeemer.

NEW TESTAMENT:   1 Corinthians 1: 18 - 25   (RCL)
                                      1 Corinthians 1: 22 - 25   (Roman Catholic)

1Cor 1:18 (NRSV) For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, 
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, 
and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart." 
20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe. 22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, 23 but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength. 

GOSPEL:   John 2: 13 - 22   (RCL)
                    John 2: 13 - 25   (Roman Catholic)

John 2:13 (NRSV) The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. 15 Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 He told those who were selling the doves, "Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!" 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me." 18 The Jews then said to him, "What sign can you show us for doing this?" 19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." 20 The Jews then said, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?" 21 But he was speaking of the temple of his body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. 
23 When he was in Jerusalem during the Passover festival, many believed in his name because they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25 and needed no one to testify about anyone; for he himself knew what was in everyone.