In the course of the evening, Jesus told the 11 who remained: “You are the ones that have stuck with me in my trials; and I make a covenant with you, just as my Father has made a covenant with me, for a kingdom, that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel. ” ​ — Luke 22: 19, 20, 28 - 30.
و من ملکوتی برای شما قرار می‌دهم چنانکه پدرم برای من مقرّر فرمود ،‏ تا در ملکوت من از خوان من بخورید و بنوشید و بر کرسی‌ها نشسته بر دوازده سِبط اسرائیل داوری کنید .‏ » —‏ لوقا ۲۲ :‏ ۱۹ ،‏ ۲۰ ،‏ ۲۸ -‏ ۳۰‏ .‏