Luke22

¹Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

²And the chief priests and the scribes were trying to find a way to put Him to death, since they were afraid of the people.

³And Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, who belonged to the number of the twelve.

⁴And he left and discussed with the chief priests and officers how he was to betray Him to them.

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

⁶And so he consented, and began looking for a good opportunity to betray Him to them away from the crowd.

⁷Now the first day of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

⁸And so Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat it.”

⁹They said to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare it?”

¹⁰And He said to them, “When you have entered the city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you; follow him into the house that he enters.

¹¹And you shall say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?”’

¹²And he will show you a large, furnished upstairs room; prepare it there.”

¹³And they left and found everything just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

¹⁴When the hour came, He reclined at the table, and the apostles with Him.

¹⁵And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

¹⁶for I say to you, I shall not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

¹⁷And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He said, “Take this and share it among yourselves;

¹⁸for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.”

¹⁹And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, which is being given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

²⁰And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup, which is poured out for you, is the new covenant in My blood.

²¹But behold, the hand of the one betraying Me is with Mine on the table.

²²For indeed, the Son of Man is going as it has been determined; but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!”

²³And they began to debate among themselves which one of them it was who was going to do this.

²⁴And a dispute also developed among them as to which one of them was regarded as being the greatest.

²⁵And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles domineer over them; and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’

²⁶But it is not this way for you; rather, the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant.

²⁷For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.

²⁸“You are the ones who have stood by Me in My trials;

²⁹and just as My Father has granted Me a kingdom, I grant you

³⁰that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

³¹“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to sift you men like wheat;

³²but I have prayed for you, that your faith will not fail; and you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

³³But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You both to prison and to death!”

³⁴But He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”

³⁵And He said to them, “When I sent you out without money belt and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?” They said, “No, nothing.”

³⁶And He said to them, “But now, whoever has a money belt is to take it along, likewise also a bag, and whoever has no sword is to sell his cloak and buy one.

³⁷For I tell you that this which is written must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was counted with wrongdoers’; for that which refers to Me has its fulfillment.”

³⁸They said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.” And He said to them, “It is enough.”

³⁹And He came out and went, as was His habit, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples also followed Him.

⁴⁰Now when He arrived at the place, He said to them, “Pray that you do not come into temptation.”

⁴¹And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and began to pray,

⁴²saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.”

⁴³[Now an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him.

⁴⁴And being in agony, He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground].

⁴⁵When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow,

⁴⁶and He said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you do not come into temptation.”

⁴⁷While He was still speaking, behold, a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading the way for them; and he approached Jesus to kiss Him.

⁴⁸But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

⁴⁹When those who were around Him saw what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?”

⁵⁰And one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear.

⁵¹But Jesus responded and said, “Stop! No more of this.” And He touched his ear and healed him.

⁵²And Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders who had come against Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against a man inciting a revolt?

⁵³While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but this hour and the power of darkness are yours.”

⁵⁴Now they arrested Him and led Him away, and brought Him to the house of the high priest; but Peter was following at a distance.

⁵⁵After they kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter was sitting among them.

⁵⁶And a slave woman, seeing him as he sat in the firelight, and staring at him, said, “This man was with Him as well.”

⁵⁷But he denied it, saying, “I do not know Him, woman!”

⁵⁸And a little later, another person saw him and said, “You are one of them too!” But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”

⁵⁹And after about an hour had passed, some other man began to insist, saying, “Certainly this man also was with Him, for he, too, is a Galilean.”

⁶⁰But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about!” And immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

⁶¹And then the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

⁶²And he went out and wept bitterly.

⁶³The men who were holding Jesus in custody began mocking Him and beating Him,

⁶⁴and they blindfolded Him and repeatedly asked Him, saying, “Prophesy, who is the one who hit You?”

⁶⁵And they were saying many other things against Him, blaspheming.

⁶⁶When it was day, the Council of elders of the people assembled, both chief priests and scribes, and they led Him away to their council chamber, saying,

⁶⁷“If You are the Christ, tell us.” But He said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe;

⁶⁸and if I ask a question, you will not answer.

⁶⁹But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

⁷⁰And they all said, “So You are the Son of God?” And He said to them, “You say correctly that I am.”

⁷¹And then they said, “What further need do we have of testimony? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth!”