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"You will no sooner have entered the city," He replied, "than you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house to which he goes,
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and say to the master of the house, "`The Rabbi asks you, Where is the room where I can eat the Passover with my disciples?'
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"And he will show you a large furnished room upstairs. There make your preparations."
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So they went and found all as He had told them; and they got the Passover ready.
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When the time was come, and He had taken His place at table, and the Apostles with Him,
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He said to them, "Earnestly have I longed to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;
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for I tell you that I certainly shall not eat one again till its full meaning has been brought out in the Kingdom of God."
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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.