6. He agreed and began looking for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them—a time when the crowds would be absent.
7. The Day of Unleavened Bread arrived, when the Passover had to be sacrificed.
8. Jesus sent Peter and John with this task: "Go and prepare for us to eat the Passover meal."
9. They said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare it?"
10. Jesus replied, "When you go into the city, a man carrying a water jar will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters.
11. Say to the owner of the house, ‘The teacher says to you, "Where is the guestroom where I can eat the Passover meal with my disciples?" ’
12. He will show you a large upstairs room, already furnished. Make preparations there."
13. They went and found everything just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.
14. When the time came, Jesus took his place at the table, and the apostles joined him.
15. He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
16. I tell you, I won’t eat it until it is fulfilled in God’s kingdom."