Luke 22:7–23

Jesus Eats the Passover Meal

⁷The Day of Unleavened Bread came when the Passover lambs had to be sacrificed. ⁸Jesus said to Peter and John, “Go and prepare the Passover meal for us to eat.”

⁹They asked, “Where do you want us to prepare it?” ¹⁰Jesus said to them, “After you go into the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters, ¹¹and tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says: “Where is the guest room in which I may eat the Passover meal with my followers?” ’ ¹²Then he will show you a large, furnished room upstairs. Prepare the Passover meal there.”

¹³So Peter and John left and found everything as Jesus had said. And they prepared the Passover meal.

The Lord’s Supper

¹⁴When the time came, Jesus and the apostles were sitting at the table. ¹⁵He said to them, “I wanted very much to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer. ¹⁶I will not eat another Passover meal until it is given its true meaning in the kingdom of God.”

¹⁷Then Jesus took a cup, gave thanks, and said, “Take this cup and share it among yourselves. ¹⁸I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine ⁿ until God’s kingdom comes.”

¹⁹Then Jesus took some bread, gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to the apostles, saying, “This is my body, ⁿ which I am giving for you. Do this to remember me.” ²⁰In the same way, after supper, Jesus took the cup and said, “This cup is the new agreement that God makes with his people. This new agreement begins with my blood which is poured out for you.

Who Will Turn Against Jesus?

²¹“But one of you will turn against me, and his hand is with mine on the table. ²²What God has planned for the Son of Man will happen, but how terrible it will be for that one who turns against the Son of Man.”

²³Then the apostles asked each other which one of them would do that.