<P> Registrar / Minister: Are you ____ free lawfully to marry ____ Man / Woman: I am . </P> <P> and an alternative of the contracting words of: </P> <P> I ____ take you / thee ____ to be my wedded wife / husband . </P> <P> The wedding vows as practised in most English - speaking countries derive ultimately from the Sarum rite of mediaeval England . The first part of the vows of the Sarum rite is given in Latin, but is instructed to be said by the priest "in linguam materna", i.e. in the "mother tongue" of those present . The vows of the first English prayer book of 1549 mostly correspond to those of the Sarum rite . </P>

Where are the wedding vows in the bible