Matthew 26:17-25 - Jesus' Final Passover With The Disciples

¹⁷ On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover meal?"

¹⁸ He said, "Go to a certain man in the city and say to him, "The Teacher says, "My time is near. I will celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house."'" ¹⁹ So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover meal. ²⁰ When evening came, Jesus was sitting at the table with the Twelve. ²¹ While they were eating, he said, "I tell all of you with certainty, one of you is going to betray me."

²² Feeling deeply distressed, each one began to ask him, "Surely I am not the one, Lord?"

²³ He replied, "The man who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. ²⁴ The Son of Man is going away, just as it has been written about him. 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."

²⁵ Then Judas, who was going to betray him, asked, "Rabbi, I'm not the one, am I?" Jesus told him, "You have said so."

¹² On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' 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, 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 had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

¹⁷ When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve. ¹⁸ While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I tell all of you 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."

⁷ Then the day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. ⁸ So Jesus 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 had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.