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31 The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as wheat, 32 but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”[a]

33 He said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!”

34 He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today until you deny that you know me three times.”

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Footnotes

  1. 22:32 The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”

Peter’s Denial Predicted

31 “Simon, Simon,[a] look out. Satan(A) has asked to sift you[b] like wheat.(B) 32 But I have prayed(C) for you[c] that your faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned back, strengthen(D) your brothers.”

33 “Lord,”(E) he told him, “I’m ready to go with you both to prison and to death.”

34 “I tell you, Peter,” he said, “the rooster will not crow today until[d] you deny three times that you know me.”

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Footnotes

  1. 22:31 Other mss read Then the Lord said, “Simon, Simon
  2. 22:31 you is plural in Gk
  3. 22:32 you is singular in Gk
  4. 22:34 Other mss read before