Now after two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might get hold of Him by guile, and [how] they might kill [Him].

But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be a disturbance of the people."

Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called Passover.

And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might kill Him, for they feared the people.

Then He said to them, "I have fervently desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

And thus shall you eat it: your loins girded, and your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand, and you shall eat it in haste. It is a Passover to the Lord.

And the blood shall be for a sign to you on the houses in which you are, and I will see the blood, and will protect you, and there shall not be on you the plague of destruction, when I smite in the land of Egypt.

You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifices with leaven, neither shall the sacrifices of the Feast of the Passover remain till the morning.

Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, so that they might purify themselves.

Then Jesus, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had died, whom He raised from the dead.

Indeed, the Son of Man goes just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born."

Then Judas, the [one] betraying Him, answered and said, "[Surely] not I am [the one], Rabbi?" He said to him, "You have said [it]."

And while they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men,

"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death,

and they will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He shall rise again."

saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." And they said, "What is [that] to us? You see to it!"

He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,

saying, 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.'"

And after supper, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him,

Now Judas, the [one] betraying Him, also knew the place, because Jesus often gathered there also with His disciples.