Bible verses about "passover" | Twentieth_Century

⁷ When the day of the Festival of the Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lambs had to be killed, ⁸ Jesus sent forward Peter and John, saying to them: "Go and make preparations for our eating the Passover." ⁹ "Where do you wish us to make preparations?" they asked. ¹⁰ "Listen," he answered, "when you have got into the city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you; follow him into whatever house he enters; ¹¹ And you shall say to the owner of the house 'The Teacher says to you--Where is the room where I am to eat the Passover with my disciples?' ¹² The man will show you a large upstairs room, set out; there make preparations." ¹³ So Peter and John went on, and found everything just as Jesus had told them, and they prepared the Passover. ¹⁴ When the time came, Jesus took his place at table, and the Apostles with him. ¹⁵ "I have most earnestly wished," he said, "to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. ¹⁶ For I tell you that I shall not eat it again, until it has had its fulfillment in the Kingdom of God." ¹⁷ Then, on receiving a cup, after saying the thanksgiving, he said: ¹⁸ "Take this and share it among you. For I tell you that I shall not, after to-day, drink of the juice of the grape, till the Kingdom of God has come." ¹⁹ Then Jesus took some bread, and, after saying the thanksgiving, broke it and gave to them, with the words: "This is my body, [which is now to be given on your behalf. Do this in memory of me." ²⁰ And in the same way with the cup, after supper, saying: "This cup is the New Covenant made by my blood which is being poured out on your behalf.]

¹⁵ "I have most earnestly wished," he said, "to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

⁸ Therefore let us keep our festival, not with the leaven of former days, nor with the leaven of vice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

¹² On the first day of the Festival of the Unleavened bread, when it was customary to kill the Passover lambs, his disciples said to Jesus: "Where do you wish us to go and make preparations for your eating the Passover?" ¹³ Jesus sent forward two of his disciples and said to them: "Go into the city, and there a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you; follow him; ¹⁴ and, wherever he goes in, say to the owner of the house 'The Teacher says--Where is my room where I am to eat the Passover with my disciples?' ¹⁵ He will himself show you a large upstairs room, set out ready; and there make preparations for us." ¹⁶ So the disciples set out and went into the city, and found everything just as Jesus had told them; and they prepared the Passover. ¹⁷ In the evening he went there with the Twelve, ¹⁸ And when they had taken their places and were eating, Jesus said: "I tell you that one of you is going to betray me--one who is eating with me." ¹⁹ They were grieved at this, and began to say to him, one after another: "Can it be I?" ²⁰ "It is one of you Twelve," said Jesus, "the one who is dipping his bread beside me into the dish. ²¹ True, the Son of Man must go, as Scripture says of him, yet alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is being betrayed! For that man 'it would be better never to have been born!'" ²² While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and, after saying the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said: "Take it; this is my body." ²³ Then he took a cup, and, after saying the thanksgiving, gave it to them, and they all drank from it. ²⁴ "This is my Covenant-blood," he said, "which is poured out on behalf of many. ²⁵ I tell you that I shall never again drink of the juice of the grape, until that day when I shall drink it new in the Kingdom of God."

²⁶ While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and, after saying the blessing, broke it and, as he gave it to his disciples, said: "Take it and eat it; this is my body." ²⁷ Then he took a cup, and, after saying the thanksgiving, gave it to them, with the words: "Drink from it, all of you; ²⁸ For this is my Covenant blood, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

⁷ Get rid entirely of the old leaven, so that you may be like new dough-free from leaven, as in truth you are. For our Passover Lamb is already sacrificed-Christ himself;