Maundy Thursday

1Verse 1. Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2Verse 2. “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year. 3Verse 3. Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household. 4Verse 4. If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly. 11Verse 11. This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover. 12Verse 12. On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. 13Verse 13. The blood on the houses where you are staying will be a sign; when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No plague will fall on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. 14Verse 14. And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

23Verse 23. For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread, 24Verse 24. and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 25Verse 25. In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” 26Verse 26. For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

1Verse 1. It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end. 2Verse 2. The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3Verse 3. Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God. 4Verse 4. So He got up from the supper, laid aside His outer garments, and wrapped a towel around His waist. 5Verse 5. After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him. 6Verse 6. He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?” 7Verse 7. Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” 8Verse 8. “Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.” 9Verse 9. “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!” 10Verse 10. Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.” 11Verse 11. For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.” 12Verse 12. When Jesus had washed their feet and put on His outer garments, He reclined with them again and asked, “Do you know what I have done for you? 13Verse 13. You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am. 14Verse 14. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. 15Verse 15. I have set you an example so that you should do as I have done for you. 16Verse 16. Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17Verse 17. If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. 31Verse 31. When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him. 32Verse 32. If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself — and will glorify Him at once. 33Verse 33. Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ 34Verse 34. A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another. 35Verse 35. By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”