(EP 30) 08-31-2025 - 12TH SUNDAY OF MATTHEW

12th Sunday of Matthew, The Placing of the Honorable Sash of the Most Holy Theotokos, Cyprian the Hieromartyr & Bishop of Carthage, Gennadius Scholarus, Patriarch of Constantinople, Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Eanswythe, Abbess of Folkestone, Cuthburga the Queen, Abbess of Wimborne

ST. PAUL'S LETTER TO THE HEBREWS 9:1-7

MATTHEW 19:16-26

At that time, a young man came up to Jesus, kneeling and saying, "Good Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?" And he said to him, "Why do you call me good? One there is who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments." He said to him, "Which?" And Jesus said, "You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother, and You shall love your neighbor as yourself." The young man said to him, "All these I have observed; what do I still lack?" Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful; for he had great possessions. And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I say to you, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingd