Mark 14:12

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“On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?””

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BSBPD

“On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they sacrificed the passover, his disciples say unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and make ready that thou mayest eat the passover?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the first day of the unleavened food, when they were killing the passover, his disciples say to him, `Where wilt thou, <FI>that,<Fi> having gone, we may prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 14:12 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 12:6You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
  2. Exodus 12:8They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
  3. Exodus 12:18In the first month you are to eat unleavened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.
  4. Exodus 13:3So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
  5. Leviticus 23:5The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
  6. Numbers 28:16The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
  7. Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
  8. Matthew 3:15“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
  9. Matthew 26:17On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”
  10. Luke 22:7Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.
  11. 1 Corinthians 5:7Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
  12. Galatians 4:4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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