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Now the feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.
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And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to put him to death; for they feared the people.
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Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve;
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he went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers how he might betray him to them.
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And they were glad, and engaged to give him money.
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So he agreed, and sought an opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude.
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Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrificed.
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So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover for us, that we may eat it."
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They said to him, "Where will you have us prepare it?"
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He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house which he enters,
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and tell the householder, 'The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I am to eat the passover with my disciples?'
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And he will show you a large upper room furnished; there make ready."
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And they went, and found it as he had told them; and they prepared the passover.
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And when the hour came, he sat at table, and the apostles with him.
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And he said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer;
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for I tell you I shall not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God."