Matthew 26:28

Jesus calls the cup His blood of the covenant, poured out for the forgiveness of sins. It declares the saving purpose of His death.

Cross-references · 21

• Heb 10:4–14because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
• Heb 9:14–22how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
• Lev 17:11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
• Matt 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
• Exod 24:7–8Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
• Rev 7:14“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• 1 Jn 2:2He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
• 1 Cor 11:25In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
• Heb 13:20Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
• Heb 9:28so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
• Eph 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
• Zech 9:11As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
• Col 1:14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
• Luke 22:19And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
• Col 1:20and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.
• Mark 14:24He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
• Rom 5:19For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
• Jer 31:31Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
• Rom 5:15But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
• Rev 7:9After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
• Mark 1:4John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

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