Luke 22
New International Version - Luke 22 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324 22:1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, 22:2 and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. 22:3 Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve. 22:4 And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus. 22:5 They were delighted and agreed to give him money. 22:6 He consented, and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present. 22:7 Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. 22:8 Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, 'Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.' 22:9 'Where do you want us to prepare for it?' they asked. 22:10 He replied, 'As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, 22:11 and say to the owner of the house, `The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' 22:12 He will show you a large upper room, all furnished. Make preparations there.' 22:13 They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. 22:14 When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. 22:15 And he said to them, 'I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 22:16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.' 22:17 After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, 'Take this and divide it among you. 22:18 For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.' 22:19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.' 22:20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. 22:21 But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table. 22:22 The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed, but woe to that man who betrays him.' 22:23 They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this. 22:24 Also a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest. 22:25 Jesus said to them, 'The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. 22:26 But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. 22:27 For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves. 22:28 You are those who have stood by me in my trials. 22:29 And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, 22:30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 22:31 'Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. 22:32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.' 22:33 But he replied, 'Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.' 22:34 Jesus answered, 'I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me.' 22:35 Then Jesus asked them, 'When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?' 'Nothing,' they answered. 22:36 He said to them, 'But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. 22:37 It is written: `And he was numbered with the transgressors' ; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment.' 22:38 The disciples said, 'See, Lord, here are two swords.' 'That is enough,' he replied. 22:39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. 22:40 On reaching the place, he said to them, 'Pray that you will not fall into temptation.' 22:41 He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 22:42 'Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.' 22:43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 22:44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. 22:45 When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. 22:46 'Why are you sleeping?' he asked them. 'Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.' 22:47 While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, 22:48 but Jesus asked him, 'Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?' 22:49 When Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen, they said, 'Lord, should we strike with our swords?' 22:50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. 22:51 But Jesus answered, 'No more of this!' And he touched the man's ear and healed him. 22:52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, 'Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? 22:53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour--when darkness reigns.' 22:54 Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance. 22:55 But when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them. 22:56 A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, 'This man was with him.' 22:57 But he denied it. 'Woman, I don't know him,' he said. 22:58 A little later someone else saw him and said, 'You also are one of them.' 'Man, I am not!' Peter replied. 22:59 About an hour later another asserted, 'Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean.' 22:60 Peter replied, 'Man, I don't know what you're talking about!' Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed. 22:61 The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: 'Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.' 22:62 And he went outside and wept bitterly. 22:63 The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him. 22:64 They blindfolded him and demanded, 'Prophesy! Who hit you?' 22:65 And they said many other insulting things to him. 22:66 At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was led before them. 22:67 'If you are the Christ, ' they said, 'tell us.' Jesus answered, 'If I tell you, you will not believe me, 22:68 and if I asked you, you would not answer. 22:69 But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.' 22:70 They all asked, 'Are you then the Son of God?' He replied, 'You are right in saying I am.' 22:71 Then they said, 'Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips.'