The priests could not bear to hear the children call Jesus their King,
and ask Him to save them. And Satan is very angry now when He hears a
little child say, 'Save me, O Jesus, my King.' But Jesus is pleased.

During these last days Jesus stayed quietly each night at Bethany; but
the priests were very busy thinking how they could take Him prisoner,
and they were very pleased when Judas came in secretly, and said, 'Give
me money, and I will give you Jesus.' And the priests said they would
give Judas thirty pieces of silver if he would give Jesus up to them.
Thirty pieces of silver! Why, that was only about seventeen dollars
($17)--only as much as used to be paid for a slave.

The next day while Jesus stayed quietly in Bethany, Peter and John were
very busy, for Jesus had sent them to Jerusalem to get ready for the
Passover. They had to take a lamb to the Temple to be killed by the
priests, and they had to find a house in which to eat the Passover
supper.

Once every year the Jews used to kill a lamb, and pour out its blood
before God, to show that they remembered God's goodness to them when
they were in Egypt, in letting his angel pass over their houses. And
then they roasted the lamb, and met together in their houses to eat it,
and to thank God for all his love and kindness.

When Peter and John had got the Passover supper quite ready, Jesus came
from Bethany with the rest of His disciples, and they all sat down
together at the table; and Jesus told the disciples that He was very
glad to eat this Passover with them, because it was the very last time
He would eat and drink at all before He died. Then Jesus took off His
long, loose outside dress, and He wrapt a towel round Him, and poured