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

¹⁷ On the first day of the Festival of the Unleavened Bread, the disciples came up to Jesus, and said: "Where do you wish us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?"

¹⁸ "Go into the city to a certain man," he answered, "and say to him 'The Teacher says--My time is near. I will keep the Passover with my disciples at your house.'" ¹⁹ The disciples did as Jesus directed them, and prepared the Passover. ²⁰ In the evening Jesus took his place with the twelve disciples, ²¹ And, while they were eating, he said: "I tell you that one of you will betray me."

²² In great grief they began to say to him, one by one: "Can it be I, Master?"

²³ "The one who dipped his bread beside me in the dish," replied Jesus, "is the one who will betray me. ²⁴ True, the Son of Man must go, as Scripture says of him, yet alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is being betrayed! For that man 'it would be better never to have been born!'"

²⁵ And Judas, who was betraying him, turned to him and said: "Can it be I, Rabbi?" "It is," answered Jesus.

¹² On the first day of the Festival of the Unleavened bread, when it was customary to kill the Passover lambs, his disciples said to Jesus: "Where do you wish us to go and make preparations for your eating the Passover?"

¹³ Jesus sent forward two of his disciples and said to them: "Go into the city, and there a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you; follow him; ¹⁴ and, wherever he goes in, say to the owner of the house 'The Teacher says--Where is my room where I am to eat the Passover with my disciples?' ¹⁵ He will himself show you a large upstairs room, set out ready; and there make preparations for us." ¹⁶ So the disciples set out and went into the city, and found everything just as Jesus had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

¹⁷ In the evening he went there with the Twelve, ¹⁸ And when they had taken their places and were eating, Jesus said: "I tell you that one of you is going to betray me--one who is eating with me."

¹⁹ They were grieved at this, and began to say to him, one after another: "Can it be I?"

²⁰ "It is one of you Twelve," said Jesus, "the one who is dipping his bread beside me into the dish. ²¹ True, the Son of Man must go, as Scripture says of him, yet alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is being betrayed! For that man 'it would be better never to have been born!'"

⁷ When the day of the Festival of the Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lambs had to be killed, ⁸ Jesus sent forward Peter and John, saying to them: "Go and make preparations for our eating the Passover."

⁹ "Where do you wish us to make preparations?" they asked.

¹⁰ "Listen," he answered, "when you have got into the city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you; follow him into whatever house he enters; ¹¹ And you shall say to the owner of the house 'The Teacher says to you--Where is the room where I am to eat the Passover with my disciples?' ¹² The man will show you a large upstairs room, set out; there make preparations."

¹³ So Peter and John went on, and found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover.