Matthew 26

Jesus institutes the Lord’s Supper

26 Now as they were eating,*In John 13:1 we read, "before the feast of the Passover", and in 13:2, "supper being ended" [less than 1% of the Greek manuscripts, of objectively inferior quality, have ‘during supper’—as in NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc.]. They ate an ordinary meal before the Passover ritual. In John 13:4-11 Jesus washes their feet because they could not proceed with the ritual while ceremonially unclean. In Matthew 26:21 they were eating the ordinary meal. Here in verse 26 they are now into the ritual (I think)—the foot washing happened between verse 25 and verse 26. after taking the bread and blessing it, Jesus broke it, gave it to the disciples and said, "Take, eat; this is my body." 27 And taking the cup and giving thanks He gave it to them saying: "Drink of it, all of you; 28 for this is my blood, that of the new covenant,*Here, and in Mark 14:24, perhaps 1% of the Greek manuscripts, of objectively inferior quality, omit ‘new’ (as in NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc.). The original reading, as also in Luke 22:20 and 1 Corinthians 11:25, is new covenant. that which is being shed on behalf of many for forgiveness of sins.