Luke 22:7–38

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.

Be Like a Servant

²⁴The apostles also began to argue about which one of them was the most important. ²⁵But Jesus said to them, “The kings of the non-Jewish people rule over them, and those who have authority over others like to be called ‘friends of the people.’ ²⁶But you must not be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the leader should be like the servant. ²⁷Who is more important: the one sitting at the table or the one serving? You think the one at the table is more important, but I am like a servant among you.

²⁸“You have stayed with me through my struggles. ²⁹Just as my Father has given me a kingdom, I also give you a kingdom ³⁰so you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom. And you will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Don’t Lose Your Faith!

³¹“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to test all of you as a farmer sifts his wheat. ³²I have prayed that you will not lose your faith! Help your brothers be stronger when you come back to me.”

³³But Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and even to die with you!”

³⁴But Jesus said, “Peter, before the rooster crows this day, you will say three times that you don’t know me.”

Be Ready for Trouble

³⁵Then Jesus said to the apostles, “When I sent you out without a purse, a bag, or sandals, did you need anything?”

They said, “No.”

³⁶He said to them, “But now if you have a purse or a bag, carry that with you. If you don’t have a sword, sell your coat and buy one. ³⁷The Scripture says, ‘He was treated like a criminal,’ ⁿ and I tell you this scripture must have its full meaning. It was written about me, and it is happening now.”

³⁸His followers said, “Look, Lord, here are two swords.”

He said to them, “That is enough.”