e may eat.
22:9. But they said: Where wilt thou that we prepare?
22:10. And he said to them: Behold, as you go into the city, there shall
meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water: follow him into the house
where he entereth in.
22:11. And you shall say to the goodman of the house: The master saith
to thee: Where is the guest chamber, where I may eat the pasch with my
disciples?
22:12. And he will shew you a large dining room, furnished. And there
prepare.
22:13. And they going, found as he had said to them and made ready the
pasch.
22:14. And when the hour was come, he sat down: and the twelve apostles
with him.
22:15. And he said to them: With desire I have desired to eat this pasch
with you, before I suffer.
22:16. For I say to you that from this time I will not eat it, till it
be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
22:17. And having taken the chalice, he gave thanks and said: Take and
divide it among you.
22:18. For I say to you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine,
till the kingdom of God come.
22:19. And taking bread, he gave thanks and brake and gave to them,
saying: This is my body, which is given for you. Do this for a
commemoration of me.
Do this for a commemoration of me... This sacrifice and sacrament is to
be continued in the church, to the end of the world, to shew forth the
death of Christ, until he cometh. But this commemoration, or
remembrance, is by no means inconsistent with the real presence of his
body and blood, under these sacramental veils, which represent his
death; on the contrary, it is the manner that he himself hath commanded,
of commemorating and celebrating his death, by offering in sacrifice,
and receiving in the sacrament, that body and blood by which we were
redeemed.
22:20. In like manner, the chalice also, after he had supped, saying:
This is the chalice, the new testament in my blood, which shall be shed
for you.
22:21. But yet behold: the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on
the table.
22:22. And the Son of man indeed goeth, according to that which is
determined: but yet, woe to that man by whom he shall be betrayed.
22:23. And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was
that should do this thing.
22:24. And there was also a strife amongst them, which of them should
seem to be the greater.
22:25. And he said to them: The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them;
and they that have power over them are called
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