Every year the Jews had a dinner. It was called the Passover dinner. This dinner helped them remember how God saved the Israelites in Egypt. God saved them long ago in the time of Moses.

Exodus 12:27; 13:15; Luke 22:7

Jesus and his twelve Apostles needed a place to eat the Passover dinner. Jesus sent Peter and John to get a room ready for the dinner.

Luke 22:8

They found the room and got the dinner ready.

Luke 22:9–13

Jesus and the Apostles went to the room. They ate the Passover dinner.

Luke 22:14

After dinner Jesus gave his Apostles the sacrament for the first time. He took some bread in his hands and blessed it. Then he broke the bread into pieces. He told the Apostles to eat the bread.

Luke 22:19; Matthew 26:26

Jesus told them to think of his body when they ate the bread. They should remember that he would die for them.

Luke 22:19; Matthew 26:26

Jesus poured some wine into a cup. He blessed the wine. He told the Apostles to drink it.

Matthew 26:27

Jesus told them to think of his blood when they drank the wine. They should remember that he would bleed and suffer for them. He would bleed and suffer to take away people’s sins.

Luke 22:20; Matthew 26:28

Jesus told the Apostles that some wicked men would kill him. The Apostles were very sad. They loved the Savior. They did not want him to die. Jesus knew that Judas would help the wicked men. Judas was one of the Apostles.

Matthew 26:2, 14–16, 21–25

Then Jesus and the Apostles sang a song and left the room. They walked to the garden called Gethsemane. Judas did not go with them. He went to the Pharisees.

Matthew 26:30, 36, 47