Then the day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.

Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was near.

So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover meal."

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?"'

So they went and found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.

He told them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer,

Every year Jesus' parents would go to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival.