The Last Supper

⁷ Then the day for the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. ⁸ Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us to eat.” ⁹ They said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare it?” ¹⁰ He said to them, “Listen, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters, ¹¹ and tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’ ¹² Then he will show you a large furnished room upstairs. Make preparations there.” ¹³ So they went and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

¹⁴ Now when the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table and the apostles joined him. ¹⁵ And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. ¹⁶ For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” ¹⁷ Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves. ¹⁸ For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.” ¹⁹ Then he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” ²⁰ And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

²¹ “But look, the hand of the one who betrays me is with me on the table. ²² For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!” ²³ So they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this.

²⁴ A dispute also started among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. ²⁵ So Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’ ²⁶ Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves. ²⁷ For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

²⁸ “You are the ones who have remained with me in my trials. ²⁹ Thus I grant to you a kingdom, just as my Father granted to me, ³⁰ that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel.