Preparation for the Last Supper (Mark 14:12-16 *, Luke 22:7-13). Mt. again abbreviates. The instruction is given to the Twelve (not to two in Lk., Peter and John), and they go direct to the friend (a disciple who would understand the phrase My time is at hand) at whose house the festival is to be kept; nothing is said about the man with the pitcher.
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Matthew 26:17-19
17 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?
18 And he said,Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.