Luke 22:7–23

The Passover—Matthew 26:17–20; Mark 14:12–17

⁷The day came during the Festival of Unleavened Bread when the Passover lamb had to be killed. ⁸Jesus sent Peter and John and told them, “Go, prepare the Passover lamb for us to eat.” 

⁹They asked him, “Where do you want us to prepare it?” 

¹⁰He told them, “Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a jug of water. Follow him into the house he enters. ¹¹Tell the owner of the house that the teacher asks, ‘Where is the room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’ ¹²He will take you upstairs and show you a large furnished room. Get things ready there.” 

¹³The disciples left. They found everything as Jesus had told them and prepared the Passover. 

¹⁴When it was time to eat the Passover meal, Jesus and the apostles were at the table. ¹⁵Jesus said to them, “I’ve had a deep desire to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. ¹⁶I can guarantee that I won’t eat it again until it finds its fulfillment in God’s kingdom.” ¹⁷Then he took a cup and spoke a prayer of thanksgiving. He said, “Take this, and share it. ¹⁸I can guarantee that from now on I won’t drink this wine until God’s kingdom comes.” 

The Lord’s Supper—Matthew 26:26–30; Mark 14:22–26

¹⁹Then Jesus took bread and spoke a prayer of thanksgiving. He broke the bread, gave it to them, and said, “This is my body, which is given up for you. Do this to remember me.” 

²⁰When supper was over, he did the same with the cup. He said, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new promise^amade with my blood.” 

Jesus Knows Who Will Betray Him—Matthew 26:21–25; Mark 14:18–21; John 13:21–30

²¹“The hand of the one who will betray me is with me on the table. ²²The Son of Man is going to die the way it has been planned for him. But how horrible it will be for that person who betrays him.” 

²³So they began to discuss with each other who could do such a thing.