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Here are some selected scriptures about the nature and
purpose of the Lord's Supper:
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| Matthew
26 Read
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- 26:17
- On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the
disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us
to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?"
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- 26:18
- He replied, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell
him, 'The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going
to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your
house.'"
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- 26:19
- So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared
the Passover.
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- 26:20
- When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the
Twelve.
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- 26:21
- And while they were eating, he said, "I tell you the
truth, one of you will betray me."
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- 26:22
- They were very sad and began to say to him one after the
other, "Surely not I, Lord?"
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- 26:23
- Jesus replied, "The one who has dipped his hand into
the bowl with me will betray me.
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- 26:24
- The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But
woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better
for him if he had not been born."
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- 26:25
- Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, "Surely
not I, Rabbi?" Jesus answered, "Yes, it is
you."
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- 26:26
- While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and
broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and
eat; this is my body."
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- 26:27
- Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them,
saying, "Drink from it, all of you.
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- 26:28
- This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for
many for the forgiveness of sins.
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- 26:29
- I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from
now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in my
Father's kingdom."
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- 26:30
- When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of
Olives.
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| Mark
14 Read
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- 14:22
- While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and
broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take it;
this is my body."
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- 14:23
- Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them,
and they all drank from it.
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- 14:24
- "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out
for many," he said to them.
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| Luke
22 Read
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- 22:19
- And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to
them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in
remembrance of me."
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- 22:20
- In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying,
"This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is
poured out for you.
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| 1 Corinthians
10; 11 Read
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- 10:16
- Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a
participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread
that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
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- 10:17
- Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body,
for we all partake of the one loaf.
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- 11:23
- For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you:
The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread,
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- 11:24
- and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said,
"This is my body, which is for you; do this in
remembrance of me."
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- 11:25
- In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying,
"This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this,
whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me."
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- 11:26
- For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you
proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.
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