New American Bible, Revised Edition

Luke 22:10-27 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

10. And he answered them, “When you go into the city, a man will meet you carrying a jar of water. Follow him into the house that he enters

11. and say to the master of the house, ‘The teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’

12. He will show you a large upper room that is furnished. Make the preparations there.”

13. Then they went off and found everything exactly as he had told them, and there they prepared the Passover.

14. When the hour came, he took his place at table with the apostles.

15. He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,

16. for, I tell you, I shall not eat it [again] until there is fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”

17. Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and said, “Take this and share it among yourselves;

18. for I tell you [that] from this time on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

19. Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me.”

20. And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you.

21. “And yet behold, the hand of the one who is to betray me is with me on the table;

22. for the Son of Man indeed goes as it has been determined; but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed.”

23. And they began to debate among themselves who among them would do such a deed.

24. Then an argument broke out among them about which of them should be regarded as the greatest.

25. He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them and those in authority over them are addressed as ‘Benefactors’;

26. but among you it shall not be so. Rather, let the greatest among you be as the youngest, and the leader as the servant.

27. For who is greater: the one seated at table or the one who serves? Is it not the one seated at table? I am among you as the one who serves.