Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.

Now Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem every year for the feast of the Passover.

Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

Then the day for the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

So they went and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

(Now the Jewish feast of the Passover was near.)

Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”

So the disciples did as Jesus had instructed them, and they prepared the Passover.

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us to eat.”

And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”

Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.

Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.

But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”

(Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders, “Look, here is your king!”

When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.

Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough – you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.