Genesis 9:4
9:4 But you must not eat meat with its life (that is, its blood) in it.
Leviticus 17:10
Prohibition against Eating Blood
17:10 “‘Any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in their midst who eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats the blood, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people,
Psalms 72:14
72:14 From harm and violence he will defend them;
he will value their lives.
Matthew 26:28
26:28 for this is my blood, the blood
of the covenant,
that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Mark 14:24
14:24 He said to them, “This is my blood, the blood
of the covenant,
that is poured out for many.
John 6:52-54
6:52 Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
6:53 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves.
6:54 The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.