What is the Lord's Supper?

¹⁴When the hour had come, he sat down with the twelve apostles.

¹⁵He said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,

¹⁶for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.”

¹⁷He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, “Take this, and share it among yourselves,

¹⁸for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes.”

¹⁹He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.”

²⁰Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.

²³For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.

²⁴When he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me.”

²⁵In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.”

²⁶For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

²⁷Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

²⁸But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup.

²⁹For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he doesn’t discern the Lord’s body.

³⁰For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

³¹For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged.

³²But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

³³Therefore, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.

³⁴But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.

²⁶As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”

²⁷He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, “All of you drink it,

²⁸for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.

²⁹But I tell you that 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.”