Mark 14:12-25

Goodspeed(i) 12 On the first day of the festival of Unleavened Bread, on which it was customary to kill the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you wish us to go and make the preparations for you to eat the Passover supper?" 13 So he sent away two of his disciples, saying to them, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him, 14 and whatever house he goes into, say to the man of the house, 'The Master says, "Where is my room where I can eat the Passover supper with my disciples?" ' 15 And he will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make your preparations for us there." 16 So the disciples started and went into the city, and found everything just as he had told them; and they prepared the Passover supper. 17 When it was evening he came with the Twelve. 18 And when they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I tell you, one of you is going to betray me—one who is eating with me." 19 And they were hurt, and said to him one after another, "Can it be I?" 20 He said to them, "It is one of the Twelve, who is dipping his bread in the same dish with me. 21 For the Son of Man is indeed to go away as the Scriptures say of him, but alas for the man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had never been born." 22 As they were eating, he took a loaf and blessed it, and he broke it in pieces and gave it to them saying, "Take this. It is my body." 23 And he took the wine cup and gave thanks and gave it to them and they all drank from it. 24 And he said to them, "This is my blood which ratifies the agreement, and is to be poured out for many people. 25 I tell you, I will never drink the product of the vine again till the day when I shall drink the new wine in the Kingdom of God."