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

¹⁷ On the first day of the Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus with the question, "Where shall we make preparations for you to eat the Passover?"

¹⁸ "Go into the city," He replied, "to a certain man, and tell him, 'The Teacher says, My time is close at hand. It is at your house that I shall keep the Passover with my disciples.'" ¹⁹ The disciples did as Jesus directed them, and got the Passover ready. ²⁰ When evening came, He was at table with the twelve disciples, ²¹ and the meal was proceeding, when Jesus said, "In solemn truth I tell you that one of you will betray me."

²² Intensely grieved they began one after another to ask Him, "Can it be I, Master?"

²³ "The one who has dipped his fingers in the bowl with me," He answered, "is the man who will betray me. ²⁴ The Son of Man is indeed going as is written concerning Him; but alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It had been a happy thing for that man if he had never been born."

²⁵ Then Judas, the disciple who was betraying Him, asked, "Can it be I, Rabbi?" "It is you," He replied.

¹² On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread--the day for killing the Passover lamb--His disciples asked Him, "Where shall we go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

¹³ So He sent two of His disciples with instructions, saying, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water: follow him, ¹⁴ and whatever house he enters, tell the master of the house, 'The Rabbi asks, Where is my room where I can eat the Passover with my disciples?' ¹⁵ Then he will himself show you a large room upstairs, ready furnished: there make preparation for us." ¹⁶ So the disciples went out and came to the city, and found everything just as He had told them; and they got the Passover ready.

¹⁷ When it was evening, He came with the Twelve. ¹⁸ And while they were at table Jesus said, "I solemnly tell you that one of you will betray me--one who is eating with me."

¹⁹ They were filled with sorrow, and began asking Him, one by one, "Not I, is it?"

²⁰ "It is one of the Twelve," He replied; "he who is dipping his fingers in the dish with me. ²¹ For the Son of Man is going His way as it is written about Him; but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It had been a happy thing for that man, had he never been born."

⁷ When the day of the Unleavened Bread came--the day for the Passover lamb to be sacrificed-- ⁸ Jesus sent Peter and John with instructions. "Go," He said, "and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it."

⁹ "Where shall we prepare it?" they asked.

¹⁰ "You will no sooner have entered the city," He replied, "than you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house to which he goes, ¹¹ and say to the master of the house, "'The Rabbi asks you, Where is the room where I can eat the Passover with my disciples?' ¹² "And he will show you a large furnished room upstairs. There make your preparations."

¹³ So they went and found all as He had told them; and they got the Passover ready.