The Last Supper^{(A)(B)(C)(D)(E)}

⁷ Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.^{(F) 8} Jesus sent Peter and John,^(G) saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”

⁹ “Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked.

¹⁰ He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, ¹¹ and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ ¹² He will show you a large room upstairs, all furnished. Make preparations there.”

¹³ They left and found things just as Jesus had told them.^(H) So they prepared the Passover.

¹⁴ When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles^(I) reclined at the table.^{(J) 15} And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.^{(K) 16} For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”^(L)

¹⁷ After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among you. ¹⁸ For I tell you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

¹⁹ And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it,^(M) and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”

²⁰ In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant^(N) in my blood, which is poured out for you.^{[a] 21} But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table.^{(O) 22} The Son of Man^(P) will go as it has been decreed.^(Q) But woe to that man who betrays him!” ²³ They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this.

²⁴ A dispute also arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest.^{(R) 25} Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. ²⁶ But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest,^(S) and the one who rules like the one who serves.^{(T) 27} For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.^{(U) 28} You are those who have stood by me in my trials. ²⁹ And I confer on you a kingdom,^(V) just as my Father conferred one on me, ³⁰ so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom^(W) and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.^(X)

³¹ “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked^(Y) to sift all of you as wheat.^{(Z) 32} But I have prayed for you,^(AA) Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”^(AB)

³³ But he replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.”^(AC)

³⁴ Jesus answered, “I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.”

³⁵ Then Jesus asked them, “When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals,^(AD) did you lack anything?”

“Nothing,” they answered.

³⁶ He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. ³⁷ It is written: ‘And he was numbered with the transgressors’^[b];^(AE) and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.”

³⁸ The disciples said, “See, Lord, here are two swords.”

“That’s enough!” he replied.

Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives^(AF)

³⁹ Jesus went out as usual^(AG) to the Mount of Olives,^(AH) and his disciples followed him. ⁴⁰ On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”^{(AI) 41} He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down^(AJ) and prayed, ⁴² “Father, if you are willing, take this cup^(AK) from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”^{(AL) 43} An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.^{(AM) 44} And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.^[c]

⁴⁵ When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. ⁴⁶ “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”^(AN)

Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet

13 It was just before the Passover Festival.^(A) Jesus knew that the hour had come^(B) for him to leave this world and go to the Father.^(C) Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

² The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.^{(D) 3} Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power,^(E) and that he had come from God^(F) and was returning to God; ⁴ so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist.^{(G) 5} After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet,^(H) drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

⁶ He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”

⁷ Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”^(I)

⁸ “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”

Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”

⁹ “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”

¹⁰ Jesus answered, “Those who have had a bath need only to wash their feet; their whole body is clean. And you are clean,^(J) though not every one of you.”^{(K) 11} For he knew who was going to betray him,^(L) and that was why he said not every one was clean.

¹² When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. ¹³ “You call me ‘Teacher’^(M) and ‘Lord,’^(N) and rightly so, for that is what I am. ¹⁴ Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.^{(O) 15} I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.^{(P) 16} Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master,^(Q) nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. ¹⁷ Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.^(R)

³⁴ “A new command^(A) I give you: Love one another.^(B) As I have loved you, so you must love one another.^{(C) 35} By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”^(D)

²⁶ But the Advocate,^(A) the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,^(B) will teach you all things^(C) and will remind you of everything I have said to you.^{(D) 27} Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.^(E) I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled^(F) and do not be afraid.

¹¹ I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.^{(A) 12} My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.^{(B) 13} Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.^{(C) 14} You are my friends^(D) if you do what I command.^{(E) 15} I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.^{(F) 16} You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you^(G) so that you might go and bear fruit^(H)—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.^{(I) 17} This is my command: Love each other.^(J)

The World Hates the Disciples

¹⁸ “If the world hates you,^(K) keep in mind that it hated me first. ¹⁹ If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you^(L) out of the world. That is why the world hates you.^{(M) 20} Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’^[a](N) If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.^(O) If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. ²¹ They will treat you this way because of my name,^(P) for they do not know the one who sent me.^{(Q) 22} If I had not come and spoken to them,^(R) they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.^{(S) 23} Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. ²⁴ If I had not done among them the works no one else did,^(T) they would not be guilty of sin.^(U) As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. ²⁵ But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law:^(V) ‘They hated me without reason.’^[b](W)

The Work of the Holy Spirit

²⁶ “When the Advocate^(X) comes, whom I will send to you from the Father^(Y)—the Spirit of truth^(Z) who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.^{(AA) 27} And you also must testify,^(AB) for you have been with me from the beginning.^(AC)

16 “All this^(AD) I have told you so that you will not fall away.^{(AE) 2} They will put you out of the synagogue;^(AF) in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.^{(AG) 3} They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.^{(AH) 4} I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember^(AI) that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,^{(AJ) 5} but now I am going to him who sent me.^(AK) None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’^{(AL) 6} Rather, you are filled with grief^(AM) because I have said these things. ⁷ But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate^(AN) will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.^{(AO) 8} When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: ⁹ about sin,^(AP) because people do not believe in me; ¹⁰ about righteousness,^(AQ) because I am going to the Father,^(AR) where you can see me no longer; ¹¹ and about judgment, because the prince of this world^(AS) now stands condemned.

³³ “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.^(A) In this world you will have trouble.^(B) But take heart! I have overcome^(C) the world.”

Jesus Prays to Be Glorified

17 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven^(D) and prayed: