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On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread--the day for killing the Passover lamb--His disciples asked Him, "Where shall we go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"
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So He sent two of His disciples with instructions, saying, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water: follow him,
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and whatever house he enters, tell the master of the house, `The Rabbi asks, Where is my room where I can eat the Passover with my disciples?'
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Then he will himself show you a large room upstairs, ready furnished: there make preparation for us."
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So the disciples went out and came to the city, and found everything just as He had told them; and they got the Passover ready.
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When it was evening, He came with the Twelve.
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And while they were at table Jesus said, "I solemnly tell you that one of you will betray me--one who is eating with me."
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They were filled with sorrow, and began asking Him, one by one, "Not I, is it?"
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"It is one of the Twelve," He replied; "he who is dipping his fingers in the dish with me.
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For the Son of Man is going His way as it is written about Him; but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It had been a happy thing for that man, had he never been born."
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Also during the meal He took a Passover biscuit, blessed it, and broke it. He then gave it to them, saying, "Take this, it is my body."
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Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and handed it to them, and they all of them drank from it.
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"This is my blood," He said, "which is to be poured out on behalf of many--the blood which makes the Covenant sure.
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I solemnly tell you that never again will I taste the produce of the vine till I shall drink the new wine in the Kingdom of God."
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After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.