1 Corinthians 11:24
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24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for[a] you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
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- 11.24 Other ancient authorities read is broken for
John 6:53-58
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53 So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.(A) 54 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day,(B) 55 for my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me and I in them.(C) 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which the ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
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1 Corinthians 11:27-28
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Partaking of the Supper Unworthily
27 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be answerable for the body and blood of the Lord.(A) 28 Examine yourselves, and only then eat of the bread and drink of the cup.(B)
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1 Corinthians 10:3-4
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3 and all ate the same spiritual food,(A) 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.(B)
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Isaiah 26:8
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8 In the path of your judgments,
O Lord, we have placed hope;
your name and your renown
are the soul’s desire.(A)
1 Corinthians 10:16-17
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16 The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.(A)
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Isaiah 55:1-3
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An Invitation to Abundant Life
55 Hear, everyone who thirsts;
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.(A)
2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread
and your earnings for that which does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.(B)
3 Incline your ear, and come to me;
listen, so that you may live.
I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
my steadfast, sure love for David.(C)
Isaiah 25:6
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6 On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines,
of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear.(A)
Proverbs 9:5
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5 “Come, eat of my bread
and drink of the wine I have mixed.(A)
Exodus 12:14
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14 “This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance.(A)
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1 Corinthians 5:7-8
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7 Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough, as you really are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed.(A) 8 Therefore, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.(B)
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Matthew 26:13
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13 Truly I tell you, wherever this good news[a] is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her.”
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- 26.13 Or gospel
Psalm 111:4
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4 He has gained renown by his wonderful deeds;
the Lord is gracious and merciful.(A)
Psalm 22:29
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29 To him,[a] indeed, shall all who sleep in[b] the earth bow down;
before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,
and I shall live for him.[c](A)
Psalm 22:26
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26 The poor[a] shall eat and be satisfied;
those who seek him shall praise the Lord.
May your hearts live forever!(A)
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- 22.26 Or afflicted
Joshua 4:7
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7 then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off in front of the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the Israelites a memorial forever.”(A)
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