Now the feast of unleavened bread was near, which is called the Passover.

And he said to them, When you go into the town you will see a man coming to you with a vessel of water; go after him into the house into which he goes.

And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.

And in the same way, after the meal, he took the cup, saying, This cup is the new testament, made with my blood which is given for you.

And they were wondering among themselves which of them it was who would do this thing.

And there was an argument among them about which of them was the greatest.

For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

And Peter said, Man, I have no knowledge of these things of which you are talking. And straight away, while he was saying these words, there came the cry of a cock.

You say that this man has been teaching the people evil things: now I, after going into the question before you, see nothing wrong in this man in connection with the things which you have said against him

And Herod is of the same opinion, for he has sent him back to us; for, you see, he has done nothing for which I might put him to death.

Now this man was in prison because of an attack against the government in the town, in which there had been loss of life

For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk.

And when they came to the place which is named Golgotha, they put him on the cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right side, and the other on the left.

And all the people who had come together to see it, when they saw the things which were done, went back again making signs of grief.

But on the first day of the week, at dawn, they came to the place where his body had been put, taking the spices which they had got ready.

And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

And they were talking together about all those things which had taken place.

Then stopping, and looking sadly at him, one of them, named Cleopas, said to him, Are you the only man living in Jerusalem who has not had news of the things which have taken place there at this time?

And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.

And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on;

And they gave an account of the things which had taken place on the way, and how, when he gave them bread, they had knowledge of him.

And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.