Preparation for Passover

⁷ Then^(A) the Day of Unleavened Bread came when the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.^{(B) 8} Jesus sent Peter and John,^(C) saying, “Go and prepare the Passover meal for us, so we can eat it.”

⁹ “Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked Him.

¹⁰ “Listen,” He said to them, “when you’ve entered the city, a man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters. ¹¹ Tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks you, “Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover with My disciples?”’ ¹² Then he will show you a large, furnished room upstairs.^(D) Make the preparations there.”

¹³ So they went and found it just as He had told them,^(E) and they prepared the Passover.

The First Lord’s Supper

¹⁴ When^(F) the hour came, He reclined at the table, and the apostles with Him. ¹⁵ Then He said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. ¹⁶ For I tell you, I will not eat it again^[a] until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”^{(G) 17} Then He took a cup,^(H) and after giving thanks,^(I) He said, “Take this and share it among yourselves. ¹⁸ For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

¹⁹ And He took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “This is My body,^(J) which is given for you. Do this in remembrance^(K) of Me.”

²⁰ In the same way He also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant^(L) established by My blood;^(M) it is shed for you.^{[b] 21} But^(N) look, the hand of the one betraying Me is at the table with Me!^{(O) 22} For the Son of Man will go away as it has been determined,^(P) but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!”

²³ So they began to argue^(Q) among themselves which of them it could be who was going to do this thing.

The Dispute over Greatness

²⁴ Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest.^{(R) 25} But He said to them,^(S) “The kings of the Gentiles dominate them, and those who have authority over them are called^[c] ‘Benefactors.’^{[d] 26} But it must not be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever is greatest among you must become like the youngest,^(T) and whoever leads, like the one serving. ²⁷ For who is greater, the one at the table or the one serving? Isn’t it the one at the table? But I am among you as the One who serves.^(U)