He *said to them, “My cup you shall drink; but to sit at My right and at My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.”

and they said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” And Jesus *said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘From the mouths of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise for Yourself’?”

Again he sent other slaves, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened cattle are all butchered and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast!”’

“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you accursed people, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels;

The disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.

But to sit on My right or on My left is not Mine to give; but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

The disciples left and came to the city, and found everything just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover.

And it is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers back to their children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Which You have prepared in the presence of all the peoples:

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is demanded of you; and as for all that you have prepared, who will own it now?’

Be in Readiness

“Be prepared, and keep your lamps lit.

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

And then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

The Resurrection

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.

What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with great patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction?

And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon objects of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory,

but just as it is written: “Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, And which have not entered the human heart, All that God has prepared for those who love Him.”

Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a pledge.

for I know your willingness, of which I boast about you to the Macedonians, namely, that Achaia has been prepared since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them.

But I have sent the brothers, in order that our boasting about you may not prove empty in this case, so that, as I was saying, you will be prepared;

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be an implement for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.

Now when these things have been so prepared, the priests are continually entering the outer tabernacle, performing the divine worship,

Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, “You have not desired sacrifice and offering, But You have prepared a body for Me;