Preparing the Passover

(Matthew 26:17–19; Mark 14:12–16)

7 Then came the day of Unleavened [Bread] on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. 8 [Jesus] sent Peter and John, saying, “Go [and] make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”

9 “Where do You want us to prepare [it]?” they asked.

10 He answered, “When you enter the city, a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters, 11 and say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ 12 And he will show you a large upper room, already furnished. Make preparations there.”

13 So they went [and] found [it] just as [Jesus] had told them. And they prepared the Passover.