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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."
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They went off and found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.
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When the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table with the apostles.
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He said to them, "I have wanted so much to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer!
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For I tell you, I will never eat it until it is given its full meaning in the Kingdom of God."
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Then Jesus took a cup, gave thanks to God, and said, "Take this and share it among yourselves.
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I tell you that from now on I will not drink this wine until the Kingdom of God comes."
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Then he took a piece of bread, gave thanks to God, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in memory of me."
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In the same way, he gave them the cup after the supper, saying, "This cup is God's new covenant sealed with my blood, which is poured out for you.
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"But, look! The one who betrays me is here at the table with me!
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The Son of Man will die as God has decided, but how terrible for that man who betrays him!"