Luke 22:7–23

Jesus Prepares to Eat the Passover Meal

⁷The day came during the Festival of Unleavened Bread when the lambs for the Passover meal were to be killed. ⁸Jesus sent off Peter and John with these instructions: “Go and get the Passover meal ready for us to eat.”

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

¹⁰He 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, ¹¹and 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?’ ¹²He will show you a large furnished room upstairs, where you will get everything ready.”

¹³They went off and found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

The Lord’s Supper

¹⁴When the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table with the apostles. ¹⁵He said to them, “I have wanted so much to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer! ¹⁶For I tell you, I will never eat it until it is given its full meaning in the Kingdom of God.”

¹⁷Then Jesus took a cup, gave thanks to God, and said, “Take this and share it among yourselves. ¹⁸I tell you that from now on I will not drink this wine until the Kingdom of God comes.”

¹⁹Then 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.” ^20*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.^z

^21*“But, look! The one who betrays me is here at the table with me! ²²The Son of Man will die as God has decided, but how terrible for that man who betrays him!”

²³Then they began to ask among themselves which one of them it could be who was going to do this.