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When evening came, Jesus arrived with the twelve apostles.
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While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I can guarantee this truth: One of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me!"
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Feeling hurt, they asked him one by one, "You don't mean me, do you?"
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He said to them, "It's one of you twelve, someone dipping his hand into the bowl with me.
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The Son of Man is going to die as the Scriptures say he will. But how horrible it will be for that person who betrays the Son of Man! It would have been better for that person if he had never been born."
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While they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it. He broke the bread, gave it to them, and said, "Take this. This is my body."
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Then he took a cup, spoke a prayer of thanksgiving, and gave the cup to them. They all drank from it.
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He said to them, "This is my blood, the blood of the promise. It is poured out for many people.
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"I can guarantee this truth: I won't drink this wine again until that day when I drink new wine in the kingdom of God."
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After they sang a hymn, they went to the Mount of Olives.
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Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will abandon me. Scripture says, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'