Bible Verses About Communion
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for communion, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 8,873 votes, led by Matthew 26:26-28. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Communion
Matthew 26:26-28389 votes
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
1 Corinthians 11:26380 votes
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.
1 Corinthians 10:16280 votes
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
Luke 22:19-20273 votes
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.
Acts 2:42261 votes
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
John 6:53-58244 votes
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
1 Corinthians 11:24218 votes
And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Mark 14:22-25209 votes
And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
1 Corinthians 10:17208 votes
For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Acts 20:7205 votes
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
1 Corinthians 11:25199 votes
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.
Luke 22:19172 votes
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.
1 Corinthians 11:28156 votes
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
1 John 1:3156 votes
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
John 6:35154 votes
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
1 Corinthians 10:16-17152 votes
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 11:27-29150 votes
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
John 6:51148 votes
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
1 Corinthians 11:17-34140 votes
Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
1 Corinthians 11:30140 votes
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
2 Corinthians 13:14118 votes
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.
John 6:1-71116 votes
After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
1 Corinthians 11:23-26115 votes
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
1 Corinthians 11:27109 votes
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:23-30102 votes
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
What does the Bible say about communion?
Readers most often cite Matthew 26:26-28 on the subject of communion. Across 8,873 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 1 Corinthians 11:26, 1 Corinthians 10:16, Luke 22:19-20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.