23 For it was from the Lord that I received the facts which, in turn, I handed on to you; how that the Lord Jesus, on the night He was to be betrayed, took some bread,

24 and after giving thanks He broke it and said, »This is my body which is about to be broken for you. Do this in memory of me.«

25 In the same way, when the meal was over, He also took the cup. »This cup,« He said, »is the new Covenant of which my blood is the pledge. Do this, every time that you drink it, in memory of me.«

26 For every time that you eat this bread and drink from the cup, you are proclaiming the Lord's death–until He returns.

27 Whoever, therefore, in an unworthy manner, eats the bread or drinks from the cup of the Lord sins against the body and blood of the Lord.

28 But let a man examine himself, and, having done that, then let him eat the bread and drink from the cup.

29 For any one who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgement to himself, if he fails to estimate the body aright.

30 That is why many among you are sickly and out of health, and why not a few die.