Plot to kill Jesus
1 The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called Passover, was approaching.
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The chief priests and the legal experts were looking for a way to kill Jesus, because they were afraid of the people.
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Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve.
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He went out and discussed with the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard how he could hand Jesus over to them.
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They were delighted and arranged payment for him.
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He agreed and began looking for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them—a time when the crowds would be absent.
Disciples prepare for the Passover
7 The Day of Unleavened Bread arrived, when the Passover had to be sacrificed.
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Jesus sent Peter and John with this task: "
Go and prepare for us to eat the Passover meal."
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They said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare it?"
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Jesus replied, "
When you go into the city, a man carrying a water jar will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters.
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Say to the owner of the house, ‘The teacher says to you, Where is the guestroom where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples? '
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He will show you a large upstairs room, already furnished. Make preparations there."
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They went and found everything just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.