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Suggested Scripture Readings for Weddings
Old Testament Reading (choose one)
Genesis 1:26-28 (Male and female he created them)
Genesis 2:4-9,15-24 (A man cleaves to his wife and they become one
flesh)
Song of Solomon 2:10-13;8:6-7 (Many waters cannot quench love)
Tobit 8:5b-8 (New English Bible) (That she and I may grow old together)
New Testament Reading (choose one)
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (Love is patient and kind)
Ephesians 3:14-19 (The Father from whom every family is named)
Ephesians 5:1-2,21-33 (Walk in love, as Christ loved us)
Colossians 3:12-17 (Love which binds everything together in harmony)
1 John 4:7-16 (Let us love one another for love is of God)
Psalm
Psalm 67, 127, or 128 (between readings, optional)
read by congregation
Gospel Reading
Read by priest or deacon
Matthew 5:1-10 (The Beatitudes)
Matthew 5:13-16 (You are the light ... Let your light so shine)
Matthew 7:21,24-29 (Like a wise man who built his house upon the rock)
Mark 10:6-9,13-16 (They are no longer two but one)
John 15:9-12 (Love one another as I have loved you)
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