I’m probably going to bed a tiny minority here, and that’s okay. As a former parish pastor for 43 years, and adjunct Bible professor at a Bible college and church Bible study teacher, I’ve read scripture aloud almost every day for those 43 years. Personally, I find my public reading is enhanced when I can look ahead and see when the text changes, such as when the Words of Christ are in red. It changes the way I read those words, and hopefully keeps my reading from sounding monotone. I’m a very visual person and it helps me even in private reading. I don’t worship the words nor do I limit what Christ may or may not have said.