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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.
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Then Satan entered into Judas, called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples.
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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.
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They were pleased and offered to pay him money.
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Judas agreed to it and started looking for a good chance to hand Jesus over to them without the people knowing about it.
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The day came during the Festival of Unleavened Bread when the lambs for the Passover meal were to be killed.
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Jesus sent Peter and John with these instructions: "Go and get the Passover meal ready for us to eat."
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"Where do you want us to get it ready?" they asked him.
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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,
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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?'
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He will show you a large furnished room upstairs, where you will get everything ready."