Luke 22
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Chapter 22
Judas agrees to give Jesus to his enemies
1The Passover festival when the Jews eat flat bread was coming soon. #22:1 Flat bread is bread which has no yeast in it. See Exodus 12. 2The leaders of the priests and the teachers of God's Law wanted to kill Jesus. They were talking together about how they could do this. It was difficult because they were afraid of the people.
3Then Satan took control of Judas Iscariot. Judas was one of Jesus' 12 apostles. 4He went to the leaders of the priests and he talked with them. The police that worked at the temple were also there. Judas told them how he could give Jesus to them secretly. 5They were very happy and they promised to give him some money to do this. 6So Judas said that he would help them. Then he waited for the right moment to take hold of Jesus. He wanted to do it when the crowd was not there with Jesus.
Jesus eats his last meal with his 12 apostles
7The day came for Jewish people to eat the meal of flat bread which has no yeast in it. They had to kill a lamb for the Passover meal on that day. 8So Jesus said to Peter and John, ‘Go and prepare the Passover meal for us to eat. Then we can all come and eat it.’
9They asked him, ‘Where do you want us to prepare the meal?’
10Jesus replied, ‘Listen. When you go into the city, a man will meet you. He will be carrying a jar of water. Follow him until he goes into a house. 11You must then say to the master of that house, “Our Teacher sends this message to you: ‘Where is the room for visitors? I will eat the Passover meal there with my disciples.’ ” 12The man will then show you a large room upstairs. It will have all that you need in it. Prepare the Passover meal there for us all.’
13So Peter and John went into the city. They found everything that Jesus had told them about. So they prepared the Passover meal.
14When it was time to eat the meal, Jesus arrived. He sat down with his apostles to eat it. 15He said to them, ‘I have wanted very much to eat this Passover meal with you. It has to happen before I die. 16I tell you this. I will not eat another Passover meal in this world. I will only eat it again when the kingdom of God finally becomes complete.’
17Then Jesus took a cup and he thanked God for the wine. He said to his apostles, ‘Take this cup. Each of you drink some wine from it. 18I tell you this. I will not drink wine again until God's kingdom comes.’
19Then he took a loaf of bread and he thanked God for it. He broke the bread into pieces and he gave some of it to each of them. He said, ‘This is my body. I am giving it to save you. When you eat this meal from now on, remember me.’ #22:19 Christians still meet for this special meal. They eat bread and they drink wine together.
20After supper, Jesus took a cup of wine and he did the same thing. He said, ‘This cup shows the new agreement that God makes because of my death. When I die, my blood will pour out of my body. I will do that for you. 21But look! The person who will give me to my enemies is sitting at the table with me. We are eating together. 22The Son of Man must die in the way that God says. But it will be very bad for the man who gives me to my enemies.’
23The 12 apostles asked each other, ‘Who is the man that would do this thing?’
Jesus teaches that leaders must be servants
24Then the apostles began to argue among themselves. They were arguing about which of them seemed to be the most important. 25Jesus said to them, ‘Kings of other countries use great authority over their people. Leaders of those countries want people to say good things about them. 26You must not be like that. The most important person among you must become like the least important person. The person who is your leader must become like your servant. 27Tell me, which person is more important? Is it the person who sits at the table to eat? Or is it the servant that puts out the meal for him? Yes, it is the person who sits at the table. But I am here to be your servant.
28You have never left me. You have been by my side when trouble came to me. 29So now I tell you that you will rule with me. My Father has said that I will rule with him in his kingdom. I also say to you that you will rule with me. 30In my kingdom you will sit at my table. You will eat and drink with me. You will sit like kings on thrones. You will judge the people of the 12 tribes of Israel.’
Jesus warns Simon Peter about what will happen
31Jesus then said, ‘Simon, Simon, listen to me! Satan has asked to have authority over you all. He will shake you as a farmer shakes seeds. 32But I have prayed for you, Simon, that you will continue to believe in me. And this is what you must do. When you have turned back to me, you must help your brothers to be strong again.’
33But Simon Peter replied, ‘Lord, I am ready to go to prison with you. I am even ready to die with you!’
34Jesus said to him, ‘I tell you this, Peter. Very soon, you will say that you do not know me. You will say that three times before the cockerel sings early tomorrow morning.’
35Jesus then asked the disciples, ‘When I sent you out without a purse, a bag or shoes, did you need anything?’
They replied, ‘No, we had everything that we needed.’
36Jesus said to them, ‘Now it is different. If you have a purse or a bag, you should take it with you. If you do not have a sword, sell your coat. Use the money to buy one. 37I tell you this. What is written in the Bible must happen to me. It says, “People will think that he is a wicked person.” And this must happen to me soon, so that it becomes true.’
38The disciples said, ‘Look, Lord, we have two swords here.’
Jesus replied, ‘You have said enough.’
Jesus prays on the Mount of Olives about his death
39Jesus left the city. He went to the Mount of Olives. This is what he usually did. His disciples went with him. 40When they arrived there he said to them, ‘Ask God to help you, so that you do not want to do wrong things.’
41Then he went away from them about as far as you can throw a stone. He went down on his knees and he prayed, 42‘Father, if you want, you can save me from this time of great pain. But I do not ask you to do what I want. Do what you want to do.’
43[Then an angel came to him from heaven. The angel made him stronger. 44Jesus began to have troubles in his mind. He prayed again even more strongly. His sweat became like blood and it fell to the ground.] #22:44 Sweat is the water that comes through your skin when you are hot. Verses 43 and 44 are not in some old copies of the Bible.
45Then Jesus finished praying and he stood up again. He returned to the disciples. He saw that they were sleeping. They were very weak and tired because they were so sad. 46He said, ‘You should not be sleeping. Get up and pray! Ask God to help you, so that you do not want to do wrong things.’
Judas leads people to take hold of Jesus
47While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd of people came towards him. Judas, one of the 12 apostles, led the crowd to that place. He came near to Jesus to kiss him. 48Jesus said to him, ‘Judas, why do you want to kiss me, the Son of Man? You are helping my enemies to take hold of me!’
49The people near to Jesus saw what was happening. They asked him, ‘Lord, should we use our swords to fight?’ 50One of them hit the servant of the leader of the priests. He cut off the servant's right ear. 51Jesus said, ‘That is enough!’ He then touched the man's ear and made him well again.
52Then Jesus spoke to the people that had come to take hold of him. They were the leaders of the priests, and the leaders of the police in the temple. Other important Jews were also there. He said to them, ‘You have come here with swords and heavy sticks. Do you really think that I am a dangerous robber? 53Every day I was with you in the yard of the temple. You did not try to take hold of me then. But now is the time for you to work. It is a dark time, when the devil has authority.’
Peter says that he does not know Jesus
54Then they took hold of Jesus. They took him away and they brought him to the house of the leader of the priests. Peter was following them, but he did not go near Jesus. 55People lit a fire in the yard of the house and they sat around it. Peter went and he sat with them. 56A girl who worked there then saw Peter in the light from the fire. She looked carefully at him and she said, ‘This man too was a friend of Jesus.’
57Peter replied, ‘Woman, that is not true! I do not even know him.’
58After a short time, someone else looked at him. He said, ‘You also are one of their group.’
Peter replied, ‘Man, I am not one of them.’
59After about an hour, another man said, ‘I am sure that this man was a friend of Jesus. He is from Galilee too.’
60Peter replied, ‘Man, I do not know what you are talking about.’ While Peter was still speaking, a cockerel sang loudly.
61Then the Lord Jesus turned round and he looked at Peter. Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: ‘You will say tonight that you do not know me. You will say it three times before the cockerel sings in the morning.’ 62Peter went out of the yard and he wept a lot.
The soldiers laugh at Jesus and they hit him
63The guards who were holding Jesus were laughing at him. They hit him many times. 64They covered his eyes with a cloth and they said to him, ‘Show us that you are a prophet. Tell us who hit you!’ 65And they said many other bad things against him.
The Jewish leaders ask Jesus questions
66At dawn, the Jewish leaders met together. The leaders of the priests and the teachers of God's Law were at the meeting. Then other men brought Jesus to stand in front of them. 67They asked him, ‘Are you the Messiah? If you are, tell us.’
Jesus replied, ‘If I do tell you, you will not believe me. 68I could also ask you a question. But if I do that, you will not answer me. 69But from now on, the Son of Man will be sitting in the most important place. He will be sitting at the right side of the Most Powerful God.’
70They all said, ‘So, are you the Son of God?’
Jesus replied, ‘You say that I am.’
71Then they said, ‘We do not need anyone else to speak against this man. We ourselves have heard what he has said about himself.’
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