John 13:36-38

International Standard Version

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial^(A)

³⁶ Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?”

Jesus answered him, “I’m going where you cannot follow me now, though you will follow me later on.”

³⁷ “Lord,^[a] why can’t I follow you now?” Peter asked him. “I would lay down my life for you!”

³⁸ Jesus answered him, “Would you lay down your life for me? I tell you^[b] emphatically, a rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times.”