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^(C1)On the first day of ^(F1)(C2)Unleavened Bread, when ^(F2)the Passover lamb was being ^(C3)sacrificed, His disciples ^(*)said to Him, "Where do You want us to go and prepare for You to eat the Passover?"

And He ^(*)sent two of His disciples and ^(*)said to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you; follow him;

and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is My ^(C1)guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?"'

"And he himself will show you a large upstairs room furnished and ready; prepare for us there."

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

^(C1)When it was evening He ^(*)came with the twelve.

And as they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said, "Truly I say to you that one of you will ^(F1)betray Me—^(F2)one who is eating with Me."

They began to be grieved and to say to Him one by one, "Surely not I?"

But He said to them, "It is one of the twelve, the one who dips bread with Me in the bowl.

"For the Son of Man is going away just as it is written about Him; but woe to that man ^(F1)by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good ^(F2)for that man if he had not been born."

^(C1)While they were eating, He took some bread, and ^(F1)after a ^(C2)blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take it; this is My body."

And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

And He said to them, "This is My ^(C1)blood of the ^(C2)covenant, which is being poured out for many.

"Truly I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine again, until that day when I drink it, new, in the kingdom of God."

^(C1)And after singing a ^(F1)hymn, they went out to ^(C2)the Mount of Olives.