New Testament funeral readings
Every New Testament funeral reading on this site: the letters, Acts and Revelation, and the Gospels.
How these were chosen. Sorted by the book each reading comes from.
42 readings
Acts 10:34–43
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said…
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me…
Revelation 20:11–21:1
And I saw a great white throne…
Revelation 21:1–5a, 6b–7
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth…
Romans 5:5–11
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us…
Romans 5:17–21
For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one…
Romans 6:3–9
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?…
Romans 8:14–23
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God…
Romans 8:31b–35, 37–39
What shall we then say to these things?…
Romans 14:7–9, 10c–12
For none of us liveth to himself…
1 Corinthians 15:20–24a, 25–28
But now is Christ risen from the dead…
1 Corinthians 15:51–57
Behold, I shew you a mystery…
2 Corinthians 4:14–5:1
Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus…
2 Corinthians 5:1, 6–10
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved…
Philippians 3:20–21
For our conversation is in heaven…
1 Thessalonians 4:13–18
But I would not have you to be ignorant…
2 Timothy 2:8–13
Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel…
1 John 3:1–2
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us…
1 John 3:14–16
We know that we have passed from death unto life…
Matthew 5:1–12a
And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain…
Matthew 11:25–30
At that time Jesus answered and said…
Matthew 25:1–13
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins…
Matthew 25:31–46
When the Son of man shall come in his glory…
Mark 15:33–39; 16:1–6
And when the sixth hour was come…
Luke 7:11–17
And it came to pass the day after…
Luke 12:35–40
Let your loins be girded about…
Luke 23:33, 39–43
And when they were come to the place…
Luke 23:44–46, 50, 52–53; 24:1–6a
And it was about the sixth hour…
Luke 24:13–35
And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus…
John 5:24–29
Verily, verily, I say unto you…
John 6:37–40
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me…
John 6:51–58
I am the living bread which came down from heaven…
John 11:17–27
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already…
John 11:32–45
Then when Mary was come where Jesus was…
John 12:23–28
And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come…
John 14:1–6
Let not your heart be troubled…
John 17:24–26
Father, I will that they also…
John 19:17–18, 25–39
And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull…
1 Corinthians 15:20–58
But now is Christ risen from the dead…
Romans 8:14–39
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God…
2 Timothy 4:6–8
For I am now ready to be offered…
John 11:25–26
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection…