Luke 22:1-38

1 The time was near for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover. 1
2 The chief priests and the teachers of the Law were afraid of the people, and so they were trying to find a way of putting Jesus to death secretly.
3 Then Satan entered into Judas, called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples.
4 So Judas went off and spoke with the chief priests and the officers of the Temple guard about how he could betray Jesus to them.
5 They were pleased and offered to pay him money.
6 Judas agreed to it and started looking for a good chance to hand Jesus over to them without the people knowing about it.
7 The day came during the Festival of Unleavened Bread when the lambs for the Passover meal were to be killed.
8 Jesus sent Peter and John with these instructions: "Go and get the Passover meal ready for us to eat."
9 "Where do you want us to get it ready?" they asked him.
10 He answered, "As you go into the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters,
11 and say to the owner of the house: "The Teacher says to you, Where is the room where my disciples and I will eat the Passover meal?'
12 He will show you a large furnished room upstairs, where you will get everything ready."
13 They went off and found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.
14 When the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table with the apostles.
15 He said to them, "I have wanted so much to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer!
16 For I tell you, I will never eat it until it is given its full meaning in the Kingdom of God."
17 Then Jesus took a cup, gave thanks to God, and said, "Take this and share it among yourselves.
18 I tell you that from now on I will not drink this wine until the Kingdom of God comes."
19 Then he took a piece of bread, gave thanks to God, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in memory of me."
20 In the same way, he gave them the cup after the supper, saying, "This cup is God's new covenant sealed with my blood, which is poured out for you. 2
21 "But, look! The one who betrays me is here at the table with me! 3
22 The Son of Man will die as God has decided, but how terrible for that man who betrays him!"
23 Then they began to ask among themselves which one of them it could be who was going to do this.
24 An argument broke out among the disciples as to which one of them should be thought of as the greatest. 4
25 Jesus said to them, "The kings of the pagans have power over their people, and the rulers claim the title "Friends of the People.'
26 But this is not the way it is with you; rather, the greatest one among you must be like the youngest, and the leader must be like the servant. 5
27 Who is greater, the one who sits down to eat or the one who serves? The one who sits down, of course. But I am among you as one who serves. 6
28 "You have stayed with me all through my trials;
29 and just as my Father has given me the right to rule, so I will give you the same right.
30 You will eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom, and you will sit on thrones to rule over the twelve tribes of Israel. 7
31 "Simon, Simon! Listen! Satan has received permission to test all of you, to separate the good from the bad, as a farmer separates the wheat from the chaff.
32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you turn back to me, you must strengthen your brothers."
33 Peter answered, "Lord, I am ready to go to prison with you and to die with you!"
34 "I tell you, Peter," Jesus said, "the rooster will not crow tonight until you have said three times that you do not know me."
35 Then Jesus asked his disciples, "When I sent you out that time without purse, bag, or shoes, did you lack anything?" 8 "Not a thing," they answered.
36 "But now," Jesus said, "whoever has a purse or a bag must take it; and whoever does not have a sword must sell his coat and buy one.
37 For I tell you that the scripture which says, "He shared the fate of criminals,' must come true about me, because what was written about me is coming true." 9
38 The disciples said, "Look! Here are two swords, Lord!" "That is enough!" he replied.

Cross References 9

  • 1. 22.1Exodus 12.1-27.
  • 2. 22.20Jeremiah 31.31-34.
  • 3. 22.21Psalms 41.9.
  • 4. 22.24Matthew 18.1;Mark 9.34;Luke 9.46.
  • 5. 22.26Matthew 23.11;Mark 9.35.+O+N22.25, 26Matthew 20.25-27;Mark 10.42-44.
  • 6. 22.27John 13.12-15.
  • 7. 22.30Matthew 19.28.
  • 8. 22.35Matthew 10.9, 10;Mark 6.8, 9;Luke 9.3; 10.4.
  • 9. 22.37Isaiah 53.12.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. [Some manuscripts do not have the words of Jesus after] This is my body [in verse 19, and all of verse 20.]
  • [b]. That is enough; [or] Enough of this.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.