Luke 22:1-22 ▼

1 Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the passover, was at hand.

2 And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.

3 But Satan entered into Judas surnamed Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve.

4 And he went away, and conferred with the chief priests and the captains how he might deliver him up to them.

5 And they were glad, and agreed to give him money.

6 And he consented, and sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them without tumult.

7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.

8 And he sent Peter and John, saying: Go, make ready the passover for us, that we may eat it.

9 They said to him: Where dost thou wish that we make it ready?

10 And he said to them: Behold, as you go into the city, there shall meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house that he enters;

11 and say to the master of the house: The Teacher says to you, Where is the room in which I may eat the passover with my disciples?

12 And he will show you a large upper room furnished; there make ready.

13 And they went, and found as he had said to them; and they made ready the passover.

14 And when the hour had come, he reclined at table, and the twelve apostles with him.

15 And he said to them: I have greatly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer.

16 For I say to you, I will eat of it no more till it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said: Take this, and divide it among yourselves;

18 for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine till the kingdom of God has come.

19 And he took bread, and gave thanks; and he broke, and gave it to them, saying: This is my body, which is given for you: do this in remembrance of me.

20 In like manner also, the cup, after he had supped, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is shed for you.

21 But, behold, the hand of him that delivers me up is with me on the table.

22 And the Son of man goes, as it is determined; but alas for that man by whom he is delivered up.