37 Bible Verses about communion

A man, then, must examine himself, and only in this way should he eat any of the bread and drink from the cup.

So whoever eats the bread and drinks from the Lord's cup in an unworthy way is guilty of sinning against the Lord's body and blood.

For whoever eats and drinks without recognizing His body, eats and drinks a judgment on himself.

Then He took a loaf, gave thanks, and broke it in pieces, and gave it to them, and said, "This is my body which is to be given for you. Do this as a memorial to me."

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings may not bring on you judgment. I will settle in detail the matters that remain, when I come.

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf and blessed it; then He broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take this and eat it; this is my body."

This is why many of you are sick and feeble, and a considerable number are falling asleep.

for each of you is in a rush to eat his own supper, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk.

For every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes again.

Is not the consecrated cup which we consecrate a sign of our sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the loaf which we break a sign of our sharing in the body of Christ?

Because there is only one loaf, so we, though many, are only one body, for we all partake of one loaf.

For I tell you, I shall never again eat one until it finds its full fruition in the kingdom of God."

and gave thanks for it and broke it and said, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me."

The spiritual blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the common sharing of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

After singing a hymn, they left the city, and went up the Mount of Olives.

Then their eyes were instantly opened and they recognized Him, and at once He vanished from them.

He also took the cup of wine and gave thanks; then He gave it to them, saying, "All of you drink some of it,

Are you thinking all this time that I am defending myself to you? It is in the very presence of God and as one who is in union with Christ that I am speaking. And it is all for building you up, beloved, for I am apprehensive that, somehow or other, when I come I shall find you not as I want to find you, and that you may find me not as you want to find me.

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you do not have life in you.

Now who is qualified for such a task? I am, for I am not a peddler of God's message, like the most of them, but like a man of sincerity, like a man that is sent from God and living in His presence, in union with Christ I speak His message.

And they devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to fellowship with one another, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

In the same way, after supper, He took the cup of wine, saying, "This cup is the new covenant ratified by my blood. Whenever you drink it, do so in memory of me."

So, my brothers, when you meet to eat, wait for one another.

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot eat at the table of the Lord and at the table of demons.

Jesus said to them, "I am the bread that gives life. Whoever comes to me will never get hungry, and whoever believes in me will never get thirsty.

It is not that you have no houses to eat and drink in, is it? Or, are you trying to show your contempt for the church of God and trying to humiliate those who have no houses? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? No, I cannot praise you for this.

I repeat, it is what we have seen and heard that we now announce to you, so that you too may share this fellowship with us, for this fellowship that we have is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ;

And He said to them, "I have heartily desired to eat this Passover supper with you before I suffer.

If we say "We have fellowship with Him," and yet live in darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

When one of you has a grievance against his neighbor, does he dare to go to law before a heathen court, instead of laying the case before God's people?

Whoever continues to eat my flesh and drink my blood already possesses eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the last day.

I tell you, I will never again drink the product of the vine till the day when I drink the new wine with you in my Father's kingdom."

On the Lord's day I was in the Spirit's power, and I heard a voice like a trumpet behind me say: