Luke 22

The Plot to Kill Jesus

¹The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called Passover, was approaching.²³The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a way to put him to death, because they were afraid of the people.⁴

⁵Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, who was numbered among the Twelve.⁶⁷He went away and discussed with the chief priests and temple police how he could hand him over to them.⁸⁹They were glad and agreed to give him silver.¹⁰¹¹So he accepted the offer and started looking for a good opportunity to betray him to them when the crowd was not present.¹²

Preparation for Passover

¹³Then the Day of Unleavened Bread came when the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.¹⁴¹⁵Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”¹⁶

¹⁷“Where do you want us to prepare it?” they asked him.¹⁸

¹⁹“Listen,” he said to them, “when you’ve entered the city, a man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters.²⁰²¹Tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks you, “Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover with my disciples?”’²²²³Then he will show you a large, furnished room upstairs. Make the preparations there.”²⁴

²⁵So they went and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.²⁶

The First Lord’s Supper

²⁷When the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him.²⁸²⁹Then he said to them, “I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.³⁰³¹For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”³²³³Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks, he said, “Take this and share it among yourselves.³⁴³⁵For I tell you, from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”³⁶

³⁷And he took bread, gave thanks, broke it, gave it to them, and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”³⁸

³⁹In the same way he also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.⁴⁰⁴¹But look, the hand of the one betraying me is at the table with me.⁴²⁴³For the Son of Man will go away as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!”⁴⁴

⁴⁵So they began to argue among themselves which of them it could be who was going to do it.⁴⁶

The Dispute over Greatness

⁴⁷Then a dispute also arose among them about who should be considered the greatest.⁴⁸⁴⁹But he said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them have themselves called ‘Benefactors.’⁵⁰⁵¹It is not to be like that among you. On the contrary, whoever is greatest among you should become like the youngest, and whoever leads, like the one serving.⁵²⁵³For who is greater, the one at the table or the one serving? Isn’t it the one at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.⁵⁴⁵⁵You are those who stood by me in my trials.⁵⁶⁵⁷I bestow on you a kingdom, just as my Father bestowed one on me,⁵⁸⁵⁹so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom. And you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.⁶⁰

Peter’s Denial Predicted

⁶¹“Simon, Simon, look out. Satan has asked to sift you like wheat.⁶²⁶³But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”⁶⁴

⁶⁵“Lord,” he told him, “I’m ready to go with you both to prison and to death.”⁶⁶

⁶⁷“I tell you, Peter,” he said, “the rooster will not crow today until you deny three times that you know me.”⁶⁸

Be Ready for Trouble

⁶⁹He also said to them, “When I sent you out without money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?” “Not a thing,” they said.⁷⁰

⁷¹Then he said to them, “But now, whoever has a money-bag should take it, and also a traveling bag. And whoever doesn’t have a sword should sell his robe and buy one.⁷²⁷³For I tell you, what is written must be fulfilled in me: And he was counted among the lawless. Yes, what is written about me is coming to its fulfillment.”⁷⁴

⁷⁵“Lord,” they said, “look, here are two swords.” “That is enough!” he told them.⁷⁶

The Prayer in the Garden

⁷⁷He went out and made his way as usual to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.⁷⁸⁷⁹When he reached the place, he told them, “Pray that you may not fall into temptation.”⁸⁰⁸¹Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and began to pray,⁸²⁸³“Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me — nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”⁸⁴

⁸⁵Then an angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.⁸⁶⁸⁷Being in anguish, he prayed more fervently, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.⁸⁸⁸⁹When he got up from prayer and came to the disciples, he found them sleeping, exhausted from their grief.⁹⁰⁹¹“Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you won’t fall into temptation.”⁹²

Judas’s Betrayal of Jesus

⁹³While he was still speaking, suddenly a mob came, and one of the Twelve named Judas was leading them. He came near Jesus to kiss him,⁹⁴⁹⁵but Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”⁹⁶

⁹⁷When those around him saw what was going to happen, they asked, “Lord, should we strike with the sword?”⁹⁸⁹⁹Then one of them struck the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear.¹⁰⁰

¹⁰¹But Jesus responded, “No more of this!” And touching his ear, he healed him.¹⁰²¹⁰³Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple police, and the elders who had come for him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?¹⁰⁴¹⁰⁵Every day while I was with you in the temple, you never laid a hand on me. But this is your hour — and the dominion of darkness.”¹⁰⁶

Peter Denies His Lord

¹⁰⁷They seized him, led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. Meanwhile Peter was following at a distance.¹⁰⁸¹⁰⁹They lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, and Peter sat among them.¹¹⁰¹¹¹When a servant saw him sitting in the light, and looked closely at him, she said, “This man was with him too.”¹¹²

¹¹³But he denied it: “Woman, I don’t know him.”¹¹⁴

¹¹⁵After a little while, someone else saw him and said, “You’re one of them too.” “Man, I am not!” Peter said.¹¹⁶

¹¹⁷About an hour later, another kept insisting, “This man was certainly with him, since he’s also a Galilean.”¹¹⁸

¹¹⁹But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.¹²⁰¹²¹Then the Lord turned and looked at Peter. So Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”¹²²¹²³And he went outside and wept bitterly.¹²⁴

Jesus Mocked and Beaten

¹²⁵The men who were holding Jesus started mocking and beating him.¹²⁶¹²⁷After blindfolding him, they kept asking, “Prophesy! Who was it that hit you?”¹²⁸¹²⁹And they were saying many other blasphemous things to him.¹³⁰

Jesus Faces the Sanhedrin

¹³¹When daylight came, the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the scribes, convened and brought him before their Sanhedrin.¹³²¹³³They said, “If you are the Messiah, tell us.” But he said to them, “If I do tell you, you will not believe.¹³⁴¹³⁵And if I ask you, you will not answer.¹³⁶¹³⁷But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”¹³⁸

¹³⁹They all asked, “Are you, then, the Son of God?” And he said to them, “You say that I am.”¹⁴⁰

¹⁴¹“Why do we need any more testimony,” they said, “since we’ve heard it ourselves from his mouth?”¹⁴²