Luke 22:19
And 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.
Cross-references
Luke 22:20 follows with the cup after supper — completing the two elements of the institution Jesus commands.
Luke 22:17 is the earlier cup blessing in the same meal — showing the two parts of the institution (cup then bread) in Luke's account.
Luke 9:16 records the same taking, blessing, breaking, giving in the feeding — a pattern Jesus repeats at the Last Supper.
Luke 24:30 echoes this breaking of bread — the disciples recognize Jesus in the same action, linking supper to resurrection presence.
1 Peter 2:24 specifies Christ bore our sins in his body, directly connecting to his body given for you.
Titus 2:14 explains Christ's self-giving to redeem and purify a people, echoing the 'given for you' in the Supper.
Ephesians 5:25 describes Christ giving himself for the church, mirroring the self-giving in this verse.
Galatians 1:4 speaks of Christ giving himself for our sins, echoing the sacrificial giving of his body here.
1 Corinthians 11:24 records the same institution of the Lord's Supper with identical wording for the breaking of bread.
1 Corinthians 11:23-29 recounts the same institution from the Lord, adding warnings about examining oneself before partaking.
1 Corinthians 10:16 connects the communion cup and bread to participation in Christ's body and blood, deepening the meaning of 'do this'.
John 6:51 directly expands Jesus as the living bread whose flesh is given for the world, paralleling the body given here.
Mark 14:22-24 parallels this institution — Jesus gives bread as his body and cup as his blood, establishing the same memorial meal.
Matthew 26:26 records the same institution of the Lord's Supper — parallel account of Jesus' body given.
Matthew 26:28 is the parallel institution of the Lord's Supper, linking Jesus' body and blood to the new covenant.
Matthew 15:36 repeats the same fourfold action with bread — reinforcing the pattern that culminates in the Last Supper.
Matthew 14:19 shows the same pattern of taking, blessing, breaking, giving bread — Jesus' actions in feeding prefigure the Eucharist.
In Acts 20:7, the early church gathers to break bread on the first day, directly continuing the practice Jesus instituted here.
Deuteronomy 16:3 commands eating unleavened bread to remember the exodus — Jesus gives bread to remember his body, fulfilling the Passover typology.
Ephesians 5:25 explicitly uses Christ's self-giving (as in this verse) as the model for husbands' sacrificial love.
Exodus 13:3 commands Israel to remember the exodus deliverance, echoing the remembrance theme of the Lord's Supper.
Exodus 12:14 establishes Passover as a perpetual memorial, foreshadowing the Lord's Supper as a new covenant memorial.
Psalm 111:4 says God causes his wondrous works to be remembered, aligning with the command to remember Christ's sacrifice.
Psalm 105:5 calls to remember God's wondrous works — here Jesus commands remembrance of his sacrifice, a new saving work.
Psalm 78:4-6 commands passing down God's deeds to future generations, paralleling the 'do this in remembrance' command.
Exodus 16:32 commands preserving manna as a memorial of God's provision, paralleling the Supper's bread as memorial of Christ.