holy communion

⁵³Therefore, the Jews debated among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” ⁵⁴And so, Jesus said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you. ⁵⁵Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁶For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. ⁵⁷Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. ⁵⁸Just as the living Father has sent me and I live because of the Father, so also whoever eats me, the same shall live because of me.

²⁶For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until he returns.

²⁴and giving thanks, he broke it, and said: “Take and eat. This is my body, which shall be given up for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” ²⁵Similarly also, the cup, after he had eaten supper, saying: “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” ²⁶For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until he returns. ²⁷And so, whoever eats this bread, or drinks from the cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be liable of the body and blood of the Lord.

¹⁹And taking bread, he gave thanks and broke it and gave it to them, saying: “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this as a commemoration of me.” ²⁰Similarly also, he took the chalice, after he had eaten the meal, saying: “This chalice is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you.

²⁸But let a man examine himself, and, in this way, let him eat from that bread, and drink from that cup.

²⁶Now while they were eating the meal, Jesus took bread, and he blessed and broke and gave it to his disciples, and he said: “Take and eat. This is my body.” ²⁷And taking the chalice, he gave thanks. And he gave it to them, saying: “Drink from this, all of you. ²⁸For this is my blood of the new covenant, which shall be shed for many as a remission of sins.

⁵³Therefore, the Jews debated among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

⁴²Now they were persevering in the doctrine of the Apostles, and in the communion of the breaking of the bread, and in the prayers.

²⁷And so, whoever eats this bread, or drinks from the cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be liable of the body and blood of the Lord. ²⁸But let a man examine himself, and, in this way, let him eat from that bread, and drink from that cup. ²⁹For whoever eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks a sentence against himself, not discerning it to be the body of the Lord.

⁵¹I am the living bread, who descended from heaven.

⁵But he himself was wounded because of our iniquities. He was bruised because of our wickedness. The discipline of our peace was upon him. And by his wounds, we are healed.

³³For the bread of God is he who descends from heaven and gives life to the world.”

³⁰And it happened that, while he was at table with them, he took bread, and he blessed and broke it, and he extended it to them.

¹⁹And taking bread, he gave thanks and broke it and gave it to them, saying: “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this as a commemoration of me.”