– Word used in the normal sense of drinking vessel and cup for liturgical uses:
Mt 26:27 : Then he took the cup, gave thanks and gave it to them, saying: “Drink from it, all of you”.
Mk 14:23 : Then he took the cup, gave thanks and presented it to them, and they all drank from it.
Lc 22,17 : Take this chalice and distribute it among you.
Ex 25:29 : You shall make its dishes, its censers, its cups and its bowls of pure gold, which will serve for the libations.
Ps 22 :5: You pour perfume on my head, and my cup overflows.
– Also used in a symbolic sense, due to its content: bitter drink, meaning trial and suffering:
Ezekiel 23:32 : You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup that is wide and deep, that will provoke ridicule and laughter.
Mt 20:22 : Jesus said: “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I must drink?”
Mt 26:39 : My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me!
Mk 14:36 : “Abba! (Father!)”, he pleaded. “Everything is possible for you; take this cup away from me!”
Lc 22,42 : Father, if it pleases you, remove this cup from me!
Jn 18:11 : Shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?
– Sweet drink, expression of divine blessings:
Psalm 15:5 : Lord, you are my inheritance and my cup; you hold my destiny in your hands.
Ps 115 :4 : I will lift the cup of salvation, calling on the name of the Lord.
1Cor 10:16 : The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ?
– With the institution of the Holy Eucharist at the Last Supper, when it contains the most precious blood, it becomes the expression of the Eucharistic mystery:
Mt 26:27 : Then he took the cup, gave thanks and gave it to them, saying: “Drink from it, all of you”.
Mk 10:38 : Can you drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?
Mk 14:23 : Then he took the cup, gave thanks and presented it to them, and they all drank from it.
Lk 22:17 : Taking the cup, he gave thanks and said: “Take this cup and divide it among yourselves”.
1Cor 10:16 : The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ?
1Cor 11:25 : This cup is the New Covenant in my blood; as often as you drink it, do it in remembrance of me.
