Luke 22:7–38

PREPARATION FOR PASSOVER

⁷Then^x the Day of Unleavened Bread came when the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.^{y 8}Jesus sent Peter and John,^z saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”

⁹“Where do you want us to prepare it?” they asked him.

¹⁰“Listen,” he said to them, “when you’ve entered the city, a man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters. ¹¹Tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks you, “Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover with my disciples?” ’ ¹²Then he will show you a large, furnished room upstairs.^aa Make the preparations there.”

¹³So they went and found it just as he had told them,^ab and they prepared the Passover.

THE FIRST LORD’S SUPPER

¹⁴When^ac the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him. ¹⁵Then he said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. ¹⁶For I tell you, I will not eat it again^B until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”^{ad 17}Then he took a cup,^ae and after giving thanks,^af he said, “Take this and share it among yourselves. ¹⁸For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

¹⁹And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “This is my body,^ag which is given for you. Do this in remembrance^ah of me.”

²⁰In the same way he also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant^ai in my blood,^aj which is poured out for you. ²¹But^ak look, the hand of the one betraying me is at the table with me.^{al 22}For the Son of Man will go away as it has been determined,^am but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!”

²³So they began to argue^an among themselves which of them it could be who was going to do it.

THE DISPUTE OVER GREATNESS

²⁴Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest.^{ao 25}But he said to them,^ap “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them have themselves called^D ‘Benefactors.’ ²⁶It is not to be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever is greatest among you should become like the youngest,^aq and whoever leads, like the one serving. ²⁷For who is greater, the one at the table or the one serving? Isn’t it the one at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.^{a 28}You are those who stood by me in my trials.^{b 29}I bestow on you a kingdom,^c just as my Father bestowed one on me, ³⁰so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom.^d And you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.^e

PETER’S DENIAL PREDICTED

³¹“Simon, Simon,^A look out. Satan^f has asked to sift you^B like wheat.^{g 32}But I have prayed^h for you^C that your faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned back, strengthenⁱ your brothers.”

³³“Lord,”^j he told him, “I’m ready to go with you both to prison and to death.”

³⁴“I tell you, Peter,” he said, “the rooster will not crow today until^D you deny three times that you know me.”

BE READY FOR TROUBLE

³⁵He also said to them, “When I sent you out^k without money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?”

“Not a thing,” they said.

³⁶Then he said to them, “But now, whoever has a money-bag should take it, and also a traveling bag. And whoever doesn’t have a sword should sell his robe and buy one. ³⁷For I tell you, what is written must be fulfilled in me:^E And he was counted among the lawless.^DF Yes, what is written about me is coming to its fulfillment.”^m

³⁸“Lord,” they said, “look, here are two swords.”

“That is enough!” he told them.