55 Bible Verses about Sacrifice

And hearing it he said, The well need not a physician, but the sick. Go and learn what this means: I wish for mercy and not a sacrifice; for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

For the law having a shadow of the good things that were to come, not the very likeness of the things, could not by the sacrifices which they offered continually every year perfect the offerers; if they could, would they not have ceased to be offered, because those serving would have had no longer a knowledge of sins, having been once purified? But in them there was a remembrance of sins, year by year; read more.
for it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins. Wherefore, coming into the world, he says, A sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire, but a body didst thou prepare me. Whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou wast not pleased with; then I said, Behold, I come,??n the volume of the book it is written of me,??o do thy will, O God. Saying before, Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou didst not desire and wast not pleased with, which are offered according to the law, then he said, Behold, I come to do thy will. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,

I am crucified with Christ; and I no longer live myself, but Christ lives in me; and the present life which I live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

I EXHORT you, therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice; holy, well pleasing to God, your reasonable service; and be not conformed to this life, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, that you may prove what is the will of God which is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

For the love of Christ constrains us, judging this, that if one died for all then were all dead; and he died for all, that those who live should no more live for themselves but for him that died for them and rose again.

I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is defiled in itself, except to him that thinks any thing to be defiled; to him it is defiled. For if your brother is grieved by your food, you no longer walk in love. Destroy not with your food him for whom Christ died. Let not your good therefore be injuriously spoken of. read more.
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit; for he that in this serves Christ is well pleasing to God and approved by men. Let us therefore pursue the things of peace and those which edify one another. On account of food destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure, but evil is to the man that eats with offense; it is good not to eat meat nor drink wine, nor [do] any thing by which your brother stumbles. You have faith; have it for yourself before God, Blessed is he that condemns not himself in what he approves; but he that doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not of faith; and every thing which is not of faith is sin.

And concerning things offered to idols we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. And if any one thinks he knows any thing, he yet knows nothing as he ought to know; but if any one loves God, this [man] is known by him. read more.
Concerning eating things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. For even if there are those called Gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as there are many gods and many lords, yet to us there is one God the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him, and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and we through him. But all have not this knowledge; and some with the conscience [unenlightened] even till now eat an idol's [sacrifice] as an idol's sacrifice, and their conscience being weak is defiled. But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat not are we worse, nor if we eat are we better. But beware lest your liberty should become an offense to the weak. For if any one sees you who have knowledge reclining in an idol's temple, will not the conscience of him that is weak be emboldened to eat things offered to idols? And will not the weak brother for whom Christ died perish by your knowledge? But when you thus sin against the brothers, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. Wherefore, if food offends my brother, I will eat no meat forever, that I may not offend my brother.

Wherefore, my beloved, avoid idolatry. I speak as to wise men; judge what I say. The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation of the body of Christ? read more.
For we, being many, are one bread, one body; for we all partake of the one bread. Consider Israel after the flesh; are not those who eat the sacrifices partakers of the altar? What then do I say? that an idol sacrifice is any thing, or that an idol is any thing? But what the gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I do not wish you to be partakers with demons. You cannot drink the Lord's cup and the cup of demons; you cannot partake at the Lord's table and the table of demons. Do we provoke the Lord to anger? Are we stronger than he? All things are lawful, but all things are not expedient; all things are lawful, but all things do not edify. Let no one seek his own but the good of another. Whatever is sold in the market eat, asking no questions for conscience' sake; for the earth is the Lord's and all it contains. But if an unbeliever invites you and you wish to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for conscience' sake. But if any one says to you, This has been offered to an idol, eat not for his sake that informed you, and for conscience' sake. I mean not your conscience, but that of the other. For why is my freedom limited by the conscience of another? If I partake with thanks, why am I blamed for that for which I give thanks? Whether then you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Be without offense both to Jews and Greeks, and the church of God, as I also please all in all things, not seeking my own profit but that of many, that they may be saved.

Wherefore also Jesus, that he might purify the people through his blood, suffered without the gate. Let us therefore go out to him without the encampment, bearing his reproach; for we have not here a city that continues, but we seek that which is to come. read more.
Through him, therefore, let us offer the sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of lips confessing his name. And forget not beneficence and liberality; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

And one of the scribes coming forward hearing them disputing, knowing that he answered them well, asked him, What commandment is first of all? Jesus answered, First is, Hear Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. read more.
Second is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these. And the scribe said to him, Well, teacher, you have said truly; there is one [God], and no other but him; and to love him with all the heart, and all the understanding, and all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as himself, is more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.

On the next day he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four cherubs and in the midst of the elders, a lamb standing as if killed, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth. And he came and took [the book] from the right hand of him that sat on the throne. And when he took the book, the four cherubs and the twenty-four elders fell down before the lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which is the prayers of the saints: read more.
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for thou wast killed and hast redeemed to God with thy blood [men] from every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and hast made them a kingdom and priests, and they shall reign on the earth. And I saw, and heard a voice of many angels about the throne, and of the cherubs, and of the elders,??nd the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands and thousands of thousands,??12 saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was killed to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and those which are on the sea, and all things in them, all heard I saying, To him that sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and power forever and ever.

By this we have known love, because he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

For the law having a shadow of the good things that were to come, not the very likeness of the things, could not by the sacrifices which they offered continually every year perfect the offerers;