As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had blessed it, he broke it and gave to them, and said, “Take, eat. This is my body.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 14:22 in context
Mark 14:19–25
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They began to be sorrowful, and to ask him one by one, “Surely not I?” And another said, “Surely not I?”
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He answered them, “It is one of the twelve, he who dips with me in the dish.
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For the Son of Man goes as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for that man if he had not been born.”
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As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had blessed it, he broke it and gave to them, and said, “Take, eat. This is my body.”
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He took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them. They all drank of it.
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He said to them, “This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.
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Most certainly I tell you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in God’s Kingdom.”
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