Where is it in the Bible?
Luke 22:20
20In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
In other translations
- ESV
- 20And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.
- NLT
- 20After supper he took another cup of wine and said, "This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood, which is poured out as a sacrifice for you.
- CSB
- 20In the same way he also took the cup after supper and said, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
- KJV
- 20Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
The surrounding passage
Luke 22:18–22, King James Version
18For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
19And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
20Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
21But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
22And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
Context
At the Last Supper, the Passover meal Jesus shared with his apostles on the night before his death. After giving them bread as his body (22:19), he gives them the cup as the new covenant in his blood, the covenant promised in Jeremiah 31:31–34. These are among the words read at communion.
About the book of Luke
The orderly Gospel: Jesus' birth, ministry, death, and resurrection.
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