22The Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was near. ²The chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for a way to get rid of Jesus. They were afraid of the people.

³Then Satan entered Judas, who was called Iscariot. Judas was one of the Twelve. ⁴He went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard. He talked with them about how he could hand Jesus over to them. ⁵They were delighted and agreed to give him money.

⁶Judas accepted their offer. He watched for the right time to hand Jesus over to them. He wanted to do it when no crowd was around.

The Last Supper

⁷Then the day of Unleavened Bread came. That was the time the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. ⁸Jesus sent Peter and John on ahead. “Go,” he told them. “Prepare for us to eat the Passover meal.”

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

¹⁰Jesus replied, “When you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters. ¹¹Then say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks, “Where is the guest room? Where can I eat the Passover meal with my disciples?” ’ ¹²He will show you a large upstairs room with furniture in it. Prepare for us to eat there.”

¹³Peter and John left. They found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover meal.

¹⁴When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles took their places at the table. ¹⁵He said to them, “I have really looked forward to eating this Passover meal with you. I wanted to do this before I suffer. ¹⁶I tell you, I will not eat the Passover meal again until it is celebrated in God’s kingdom.”

¹⁷After Jesus took the cup, he gave thanks. He said, “Take this cup and share it among yourselves. ¹⁸I tell you, I will not drink wine with you again until God’s kingdom comes.”

¹⁹Then Jesus took bread. He gave thanks and broke it. He handed it to them and said, “This is my body. It is given for you. Every time you eat it, do it in memory of me.”

²⁰In the same way, after the supper he took the cup. He said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. It is poured out for you. ²¹But someone here is going to hand me over to my enemies. His hand is with mine on the table. ²²The Son of Man will go to his death, just as God has already decided. But how terrible it will be for the one who hands him over!”

²³The apostles began to ask each other about this. They wondered which one of them would do it.

Read in Logos

Luke 22:19: And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”