Luke 22:1–23

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

22:1,2pp—Mt 26:2–5; Mk 14:1,2,10,11

22Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,^{p 2}and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus,^q for they were afraid of the people. ³Then Satan^r entered Judas, called Iscariot,^s one of the Twelve. ⁴And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard^t and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus. ⁵They were delighted and agreed to give him money.^{u 6}He consented, and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present.

The Last Supper

22:7–13pp—Mt 26:17–19; Mk 14:12–16 22:17–20pp—Mt 26:26–29; Mk 14:22–25; 1Co 11:23–25 22:21–23pp—Mt 26:21–24; Mk 14:18–21; Jn 13:21–30 22:25–27pp—Mt 20:25–28; Mk 10:42–45 22:33,34pp—Mt 26:33–35; Mk 14:29–31; Jn 13:37,38

⁷Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.^{v 8}Jesus sent Peter and John,^w saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”

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

¹⁰He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, ¹¹and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ ¹²He will show you a large room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there.”

¹³They left and found things just as Jesus had told them.^x So they prepared the Passover.

¹⁴When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles^y reclined at the table.^{z 15}And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.^{a 16}For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”^b

¹⁷After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you. ¹⁸For I tell you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

¹⁹And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it,^c and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

²⁰In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant^d in my blood, which is poured out for you.^{a 21}But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table.^{e 22}The Son of Man^f will go as it has been decreed.^g But woe to that man who betrays him!” ²³They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this.