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Now the festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was near.
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The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put Jesus to death, for they were afraid of the people.
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Then Satan entered into Judas called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve;
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he went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers of the temple police about how he might betray him to them.
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They were greatly pleased and agreed to give him money.
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So he consented and began to look for an opportunity to betray him to them when no crowd was present.
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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 meal for us that we may eat it."
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They asked him, "Where do you want us to make preparations for it?"
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"Listen," he said to them, "when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him into the house he enters