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 10:4–14For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
• Heb 9:14–22How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• Lev 17:11For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
• Matt 20:28Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
• Exod 24:7–8And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
• Rev 7:14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• 1 Jn 2:2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
• 1 Cor 11:25After 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.
• Heb 13:20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
• Heb 9:28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
• Eph 1:7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
• Zech 9:11As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
• Col 1:14In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
• Luke 22:19And 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.
• Col 1:20And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
• Mark 14:24And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
• Rom 5:19For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
• Jer 31:31Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
• Rom 5:15But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
• Rev 7:9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
• Mark 1:4John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

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