Luke 22:1-8 ▼

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

2 So the high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, because they were afraid of the crowd.

3 But Satan went into Judas called Iscariot, who belonged to the circle of the Twelve.

4 So he went off and discussed with the high priests and the Temple police how he could betray Jesus to them.

5 They were delighted, and agreed to give him money.

6 Judas accepted their offer and began to look for a good opportunity to betray Jesus to them when no crowd was present.

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

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