14 Bible Verses about The Eucharist

On the first day of the unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him; Where do you wish that we may prepare for you to eat the passover? And He said; Go into the city to a certain one, and say to him; The Teacher says; My time is nigh; I make the passover with you along with my disciples. And the disciples did as Jesus commanded them, and prepared the passover.read more.
And it being evening, He sat down at the table with the twelve. And they eating, He said; Truly, I say unto you, that one of you will betray me. And they being exceedingly sorrowful, began each one of them to say to Him, Lord, whether am I the one? And responding He said, The one dipping his hand in the dish with me, the same shall betray me. Indeed the Son of man goeth, as has been written concerning Him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It was good for him if that man had never been born. But Judas, the one betraying Him, responding said, Master, whether am I the one? He says to him, Thou hast said it. And they eating, Jesus taking the bread, and blessing it, broke, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. Also taking the cup, and blessing it, He gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all, of it; for this is my blood which belongs to the new covenant, which is shed for many unto the remission of sin. And I say unto you, that I shall no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I may drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father. Having sung a hymn, they went out into the Mount of Olives.

And they eating, Jesus having taken the bread, blessing it, broke, and gave it to them, and said, Take it: this is my body. And taking the cup, blessing it, He gave it to them, and all drank of it. And He said to them, This is my blood, which belongs to the new covenant, which is poured out for many.

Then you will begin to say, We ate and drank in thy presence, and thou didst preach in our streets.

And taking bread, blessing it, He broke it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body given for you: do this in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out in your behalf.

Then Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; the one coming unto me can never hunger, and the one believing on me shall never thirst.

I am the living bread, having come down from heaven; if any one may eat of me the bread, he will live forever: and the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.

Then Jesus said unto them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, Unless you may eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. The one eating my flesh and drinking my blood has eternal life; and I will raise him up in the last day. For my flesh is the true food, and my blood is the true drink.read more.
The one eating my flesh and drinking my blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live through the Father; truly the one eating me, shall also live through me.

And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that the hour has come when He must depart out of this world to His Father, having loved His own who were in the world, with divine love, He loved them perfectly. And the supper being on hand, the devil already having entered into the heart, that Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, should betray Him, knowing that the Father has given all things into His hands, and He came out from God, and is going away to God,read more.
He rises from the supper, and lays aside His garments, and taking a towel, girded Himself;

and they were persevering in the teaching of the apostles and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

And daily of one accord in the temple they were persevering; and breaking bread from house to house, they received their food with gladness and purity of heart, praising God, and having favor unto all the people. And the Lord was daily adding to them those who were being saved.

And on the first of the Sabbaths we being assembled to break bread, Paul spoke to them, being about to depart the following day, and continued his discourse till midnight:

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? Because we, being many, are one bread, one body: for we all partake of one bread.

You are not able to drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: you are not able to partake of the table of the Lord, and the table of demons. Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? whether are we stronger than he?

Therefore you coming together, it is not to eat the Lord's supper: for each one takes his own supper in eating; and one is hungry, and another is drunken. For have you not houses in which to eat and to drink? or do you cast contempt on the church of God, and shame those not having? What do I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.read more.
For I received this from the Lord, which I have also delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the night in which he was betrayed, took bread, and having given thanks, broke it, and said; This is my body, which is for you: do this in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup, after supper, saying; This cup is the new covenant in my blood: do this, as often as you may drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as you may eat this bread, and drink the cup, you do proclaim the death of the Lord, until he may come. So whosoever may eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup; for the one eating and drinking, net discerning the body, eats and drinks condemnation to himself. Therefore many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep. But if we judged ourselves, we would not be judged: But being judged, by the Lord we are chastised, in order that we may not be condemned along with the world. So, my brethren, coming together to eat, wait for one another. If one is hungry let him eat at home; in order that you may not come together unto condemnation. But I will set in order the remaining things when I may come.