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1Now on the first day of 2Unleavened Bread the disciplescame to Jesus and asked, "Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?"
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And He said, "Go into the city to 3a certainman, and say to him, 'The Teachersays, "4My time is near; I am to keep the Passover at your house with My disciples."' "
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The disciplesdid as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.
The Last Passover
205Now when eveningcame, Jesus was reclining at the table with the twelvedisciples.
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As they were eating, He said, "6Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me."
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Being deeplygrieved, they eachonebegan to say to Him, "Surely not I, Lord?"
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And He answered, "7He who dipped his hand with Me in the bowl is the one who will betray Me.
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"The Son of Man is to go, 8just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! 9It would have beengood for that manif he had not been born."
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And 10Judas, who was betraying Him, said, "Surely it is not I, 11Rabbi?" Jesus said to him, "12You have said it yourself."
The Lord's Supper Instituted
2613While they were eating, Jesustook some bread, and 14after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."
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And when He had taken a cup and giventhanks, He gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you;