1 Corinthians 11:25
After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
Cross-reference
1 Corinthians 11:27 warns against partaking unworthily — directly applying the covenant significance of the cup.
1 Corinthians 11:28 calls for self-examination before drinking the cup, reinforcing the solemnity of the new covenant.
Luke 22:20 records the same institution saying about the cup as the new covenant in Jesus' blood.
Hebrews 9:15-20 explains that Christ's blood inaugurates the new covenant, directly echoing the cup's meaning.
Exodus 24:8 shows Moses sprinkling blood to seal the old covenant — Jesus' words about the cup allude to this typology.
Jeremiah 31:31 is the prophecy of a new covenant, which Jesus declares fulfilled in the cup. Paul directly alludes to this promise.
Matthew 26:28 records Jesus' identical words at the Last Supper — 'blood of the covenant' — providing the parallel account.
Mark 14:24 also records Jesus saying 'this is my blood of the covenant' — another synoptic parallel to Paul's tradition.
Hebrews 8:8 quotes Jeremiah 31:31 about the new covenant — reinforcing the OT promise that Jesus' cup fulfills.
Zechariah 9:11 speaks of the blood of the covenant freeing prisoners — a parallel to the blood of the new covenant for redemption.
Hebrews 7:22 calls Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant — expanding the same new covenant theme from the Last Supper.
Hebrews 13:20 refers to the 'blood of the eternal covenant', a phrase linking to the cup as the new covenant in blood.
2 Corinthians 3:6 elaborates on the new covenant as a ministry of the Spirit, connecting to the cup's significance.
2 Corinthians 3:14 contrasts the old and new covenants, showing the veil removed in Christ — related to the new covenant in the cup.