23 The Lord gave me what I taught you. This is what it was. On the night when the Lord Jesus was sold to his enemies, he took bread.

24 He thanked God for it. Then he broke it and said, Take this bread and eat it. This is my body which is broken for you. Do this so that you will remember me.

25 In the same way, after they had eaten, he took the cup. He said, This cup is the new agreement made by my blood. Every time you drink from this cup, do it to remember me.

26 Every time you eat this bread and drink from this cup you tell about the Lords death, until he comes again.

27 So then, when anyone eats the bread and drinks from the cup in a way that is not right, he has done wrong to the body and blood of the Lord.

28 Each one must look into his own heart carefully. When he has done that, he may eat the bread and drink from the cup.

29 The person who eats and drinks in a wrong way will be punished. He does not take it as the Lords body.

30 That is why many of you are weak and sick. Many have died.