Matthew 26:17

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“On 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?””

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BSBPD

“On 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?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now on the firstdayof unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee to eat the passover?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And on the first <FI>day<Fi> of the unleavened food came the disciples near to Jesus, saying to him, `Where wilt thou <FI>that<Fi> we may prepare for thee to eat the passover?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 26:17 — 11 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 12:18In the first month you are to eat unleavened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.
  3. Exodus 13:6For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.
  4. Leviticus 23:5The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
  5. Numbers 28:16The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Matthew 17:24After they had arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, “Does your Teacher pay the two drachmas?”
  9. Matthew 26:19So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
  10. Mark 14:12On 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?”
  11. Luke 22:7Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.

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

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