¹⁹ So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

¹⁴ You are my friends^(A) if you do what I command.^(B)

⁵ His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”^(A)

⁶ The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.

¹⁰ The service was arranged and the priests stood in their places with the Levites in their divisions^(A) as the king had ordered.^{(B) 11} The Passover lambs were slaughtered,^(C) and the priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them, while the Levites skinned the animals.

⁴ If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. ⁵ The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect,^(A) and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. ⁶ Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month,^(B) when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.^{(C) 7} Then they are to take some of the blood^(D) and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. ⁸ That same night^(E) they are to eat the meat roasted^(F) over the fire, along with bitter herbs,^(G) and bread made without yeast.^(H)