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The chief priests and the scribes were looking for some way to kill Jesus. However, they were afraid of the people.
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Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve apostles.
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Judas went to the chief priests and the temple guards and discussed with them how he could betray Jesus.
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They were pleased and agreed to give him some money.
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So Judas promised to do it. He kept looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus to them when there was no crowd.
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The day came during the Festival of Unleavened Bread when the Passover lamb had to be killed.
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Jesus sent Peter and John and told them, "Go, prepare the Passover lamb for us to eat."
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They asked him, "Where do you want us to prepare it?"
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He told them, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a jug of water. Follow him into the house he enters.
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Tell the owner of the house that the teacher asks, 'Where is the room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?'
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He will take you upstairs and show you a large furnished room. Get things ready there."