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MARCH 22
Read: Matthew 26:17-30
Reflect: What questions do you have after reading this passage?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
MARCH 23
Read: Matthew 26:17-19
17 On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where do you want us to make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?” 18 He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, My time is near; I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.’” 19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover meal.Reflect: Did the disciples have any idea that they were preparing for Jesus’s last meal?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
MARCH 24
Read: Matthew 26:20-22
20 When it was evening, he took his place with the twelve;[a] 21 and while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.” 22 And they became greatly distressed and began to say to him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
Reflect: How would you feel if you knew one of your friends might let you down?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
MARCH 25
Read: Matthew 26:23-25
23 He answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. 24 The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that one not to have been born.” 25 Judas, who betrayed him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” He replied, “You have said so.”
Reflect: When a trust is betrayed, what do you do?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
MARCH 26
Read: Matthew 26:26-28
26 While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” 27 Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Reflect: What is the most meaningful part of this scripture, that we repeat every time we take communion?
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
MARCH 27
Read: Matthew 26:29-30
29 I tell you, I will never again drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.” 30 When they had sung the hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Reflect:
Respond: Comment below to share your response to reading and reflecting on these passages.
MARCH 28
Read: Matthew 26:17-30
Reflect: How will this message influence what you do this week?
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