The Passover with the Disciples^(A)

¹² On the first day of the Festival^[a] of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’^[b] disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?”

¹³ He sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a jug of water. Follow him. ¹⁴ When he goes into a house,^[c] say to its owner that the Teacher asks, ‘Where is my room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?’ ¹⁵ Then he will show you a large upstairs room that is furnished and ready. Get everything ready for us there.” ¹⁶ So the disciples left and went into the city. They found everything just as Jesus^[d] had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

¹⁷ When evening came, Jesus^[e] arrived with the Twelve. ¹⁸ While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, “I tell all of you^[f] with certainty, one of you is going to betray me, one who is eating with me.”

¹⁹ They began to be very sad and asked him, one after the other, “Surely I am not the one, am I?”

²⁰ He told them, “It’s one of you Twelve, the one who is dipping his bread into the bowl with me. ²¹ For the Son of Man is going away, just as it has been written about him, but how terrible it will be for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had never been born.”

The Passover with the Disciples^(A)

⁷ Then the day of the Festival^[a] of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. ⁸ So Jesus^[b] sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover meal.”

⁹ They asked him, “Where do you want us to prepare it?”

¹⁰ He told them, “Just after you go into the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters ¹¹ and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks you, “Where is the room where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?”’ ¹² Then he will show you a large upstairs room that is furnished. Get things ready for us there.” ¹³ So they went and found everything just as Jesus^[c] had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

The Lord’s Supper^(B)

¹⁴ Now when the hour came, Jesus^[d] took his place at the table, along with his apostles.

²¹ Yet look! The hand of the man who is betraying me is with me on the table! ²² The Son of Man is going away, just as it has been determined, but how terrible it will be for that man by whom he is betrayed!” ²³ Then they began to discuss among themselves which one of them was going to do this.

²¹ They went to Philip (who was from Bethsaida in Galilee) and told him, “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”

²² Philip went and told Andrew, and Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. ²³ Jesus told them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. ²⁴ Truly, I tell all of you^[a] emphatically, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces a lot of grain. ²⁵ The one who loves his life will destroy it, and the one who hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. ²⁶ If anyone serves me, he must follow me. And where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.”

Jesus Speaks about His Death

²⁷ “Now my soul is in turmoil, and what should I say—‘Father, save me from this hour’? No! It was for this very reason that I came to this hour. ²⁸ Father, glorify your name.”

Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again!” ²⁹ The crowd standing there heard this and said that it was thunder.

Others were saying, “An angel has spoken to him.”

³⁰ Jesus replied, “This voice is for your benefit, not for mine.