1. The Festival of Thin Bread, also called Passover, was near.
2. The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were looking for a way to get rid of Jesus, because they were afraid of what the people might do.
3. Then Satan entered the heart of Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve apostles.
4. Judas went to talk with the chief priests and the officers of the temple police about how he could help them arrest Jesus.
5. They were very pleased and offered to pay Judas some money.
6. He agreed and started looking for a good chance to betray Jesus when the crowds were not around.
7. The day had come for the Festival of Thin Bread, and it was time to kill the Passover lambs.
8. So Jesus said to Peter and John, “Go and prepare the Passover meal for us to eat.”
9. But they asked, “Where do you want us to prepare it?”
10. Jesus told them, “As you go into the city, you will meet a man carrying a jar of water. Follow him into the house
11. and say to the owner, ‘Our teacher wants to know where he can eat the Passover meal with his disciples.’
12. The owner will take you upstairs and show you a large room ready for you to use. Prepare the meal there.”
13. Peter and John left. They found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.
14. When the time came for Jesus and the apostles to eat,
15. he said to them, “I have very much wanted to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer.
16. I tell you that I will not eat another Passover meal until it is finally eaten in God's kingdom.”