¹³So he sent out two of his disciples. He told them, “Go into the city. A man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. ¹⁴He will enter a house. Say to its owner, ‘The Teacher asks, “Where is my guest room? Where can I eat the Passover meal with my disciples?” ’ ¹⁵He will show you a large upstairs room. It will have furniture and will be ready. Prepare for us to eat there.”

¹⁶The disciples left and went into the city. They found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover meal.

¹⁷When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve. ¹⁸While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, “What I’m about to tell you is true. One of you who is eating with me will hand me over to my enemies.”

¹⁹The disciples became sad. One by one they said to him, “It’s not I, is it?”

²⁰“It is one of the Twelve,” Jesus replied. “It is the one who dips bread into the bowl with me. ²¹The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But how terrible it will be for the one who hands over the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

²²While they were eating, Jesus took bread. He gave thanks and broke it. He handed it to his disciples and said, “Take it. This is my body.”

²³Then he took the cup. He gave thanks and handed it to them. All of them drank from it.

²⁴“This is my blood of the new covenant,” he said to them. “It is poured out for many. ²⁵What I’m about to tell you is true. I won’t drink wine with you again until the day I drink it in God’s kingdom.”

²⁶Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.

Jesus Says That Peter Will Fail

²⁷“You will all turn away,” Jesus told the disciples. “It is written,

“ ‘I will strike the shepherd down.

Then the sheep will be scattered.’

²⁸But after I rise from the dead, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

²⁹Peter said, “All the others may turn away. But I will not.”

³⁰“What I’m about to tell you is true,” Jesus answered. “It will happen today, this very night. Before the rooster crows twice, you yourself will say three times that you don’t know me.”

³¹But Peter would not give in. He said, “I may have to die with you. But I will never say I don’t know you.” And all the others said the same thing.

Jesus Prays in Gethsemane

³²Jesus and his disciples went to a place called Gethsemane. Jesus said to them, “Sit here while I pray.”

³³He took Peter, James and John along with him. He began to be very upset and troubled. ³⁴“My soul is very sad. I feel close to death,” he said to them. “Stay here. Keep watch.”

³⁵He went a little farther. Then he fell to the ground. He prayed that, if possible, the hour might pass by him.

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