Nurture

August 2025 Bible readings

stjohnstmarkchurchburyWednesday, July 30, 2025

Here are the August 2025 Bible readings, which we’ll be using in both our churches as we continue in what the liturgical calendar calls ‘Ordinary Time’.

The readings

We learn-on-the-go in our Gospel readings as we carry on with Jesus in his slow journey to Jerusalem. We have a story of a man who wants a bigger barn; that famous quote about “where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”; the troubling line about Jesus bringing division rather than peace; the healing of a woman on the sabbath and the perils of seating arrangements at a dinner.

In the Old Testament we flit between a number of books. We learn about vanity, counting the stars, the Lord filling heaven and earth, that the sabbath should be a delight and the perils of pride.

In the New Testament we finish off the Colossians mini-series and move to Hebrews. The Lectionary is taken from chapters 11 to 13, which focuses on encouraging us to stay faithful despite hardships that we may face.

• August 3rd – Trinity 7: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14, 2:18-23; Colossians 3:1-11; Luke 12:13-21;
• August 10th – Trinity 8: Genesis 15:1-6; Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16; Luke 12:32-40;
• August 17th – Trinity 9: Jeremiah 23:23-29; Hebrews 11:29-12:2; Luke 12:49-56;
• August 24th – Trinity 10: Isaiah 58:9b-end; Hebrews 12:18-end; Luke 13:10-17;
• August 31st – Trinity 11: Ecclesiasticus 10:12-18 or Proverbs 25:6-7; Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16; Luke 14:1, 7-14;

If you don’t have access to a Bible, then please go to the Vanderbilt Divinity Library by following this link. It’s not always the same but it’s usually very close.

The August 2025 Bible readings also include this from Psalm 112…

Light shines in the darkness for the upright

Praise the Lord.

Blessed are those who fear the Lord,
    who find great delight in his commands.

Their children will be mighty in the land;
    the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Wealth and riches are in their houses,
    and their righteousness endures forever.
Even in darkness light dawns for the upright,
    for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous.
Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,
    who conduct their affairs with justice.

Surely the righteous will never be shaken;
    they will be remembered forever.
They will have no fear of bad news;
    their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord.
Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear;
    in the end they will look in triumph on their foes.
They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor,
    their righteousness endures forever;
    their horn will be lifted high in honour.

The wicked will see and be vexed,
    they will gnash their teeth and waste away;
    the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.

Thanks once again to Olivia Snow for the photo on Unsplash