Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

The Last Supper

22 The time came for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, known as Passover. ² The chief priests and the scribes looked for a way to assassinate Jesus, a difficult task because of the crowds.

³ The satan entered into Judas, whose surname was Iscariot, who was one of the company of the Twelve. ⁴ He went and held a meeting with the chief priests and officers, to discuss how he might hand Jesus over. ⁵ They were delighted, and promised to pay him. ⁶ He agreed, and started to look for an opportunity to hand him over to them when the crowds weren’t around.

⁷ The day of Unleavened Bread arrived, the day when people had to kill the Passover lamb. ⁸ Jesus dispatched Peter and John.

“Off you go,” he said, “and get the Passover ready for us to eat.”

⁹ “Where d’you want us to prepare it?” they asked him.

¹⁰ “Listen carefully,” said Jesus. “As you go into the city a man will meet you carrying a jar of water. Follow him, and when he goes into a house, go after him. ¹¹ Then say to the householder there, ‘The teacher says, “Where is the living-room where I can eat the Passover with my disciples?” ’ ¹² And he will show you a large upstairs room, laid out and ready. Make the preparations there.”

¹³ So they went and found it as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover.