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On the first day for matzah, the talmidim came to Yeshua and asked, "Where do you want us to prepare your Seder?"
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"Go into the city, to so-and-so," he replied, "and tell him that the Rabbi says, `My time is near, my talmidim and I are celebrating Pesach at your house.'"
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The talmidim did as Yeshua directed and prepared the Seder.
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When evening came, Yeshua reclined with the twelve talmidim;
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and as they were eating, he said, "Yes, I tell you that one of you is going to betray me."
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They became terribly upset and began asking him, one after the other, "Lord, you don't mean me, do you?"
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He answered, "The one who dips his matzah in the dish with me is the one who will betray me.
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The Son of Man will die just as the Tanakh says he will; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him had he never been born!"
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Y'hudah, the one who was betraying him, then asked, "Surely, Rabbi, you don't mean me?" He answered, "The words are yours."
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While they were eating, Yeshua took a piece of matzah, made the b'rakhah, broke it, gave it to the talmidim and said, "Take! Eat! This is my body!"
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Also he took a cup of wine, made the b'rakhah, and gave it to them, saying, "All of you, drink from it!