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Then, having received the cup and given thanks, He said, "Take this and share it among yourselves;
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for I tell you that from this time I will never drink the produce of the vine till the Kingdom of God has come."
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Then, taking a Passover biscuit, He gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body which is being given on your behalf: this do in remembrance of me."
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He gave them the cup in like manner, when the meal was over. "This cup," He said, "is the new Covenant ratified by my blood which is to be poured out on your behalf.
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Yet the hand of him who is betraying me is at the table with me.
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For indeed the Son of Man goes on His way--His pre-destined way; yet alas for that man who is betraying Him!"
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Thereupon they began to discuss with one another which of them it could possibly be who was about to do this.
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There arose also a dispute among them which of them should be regarded as greatest.
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But He said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles are their masters, and those who exercise authority over them are called Benefactors.
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With you it is not so; but let the greatest among you be as the younger, and the leader be like him who serves.
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For which is the greater--he who sits at table, or he who waits on him? Is it not he who sits at table? But my position among you is that of one who waits on others.