Peter’s Denial Predicted

27 Then(A) Jesus said to them, “All of you will fall away,[a] because it is written:(B)

I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep(C) will be scattered.[b](D)

28 But after I have risen,(E) I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”(F)

29 Peter(G) told him, “Even if everyone falls away, I will not.”

30 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to him, “today, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”(H)

31 But he kept insisting, “If I have to die with you, I will never deny you.” And they all said the same thing.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:27 Other mss add because of me this night
  2. 14:27 Zch 13:7

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial(A)

27 Then Jesus told them, “All of you will turn against me, because it is written,

‘I will strike the shepherd,
    and the sheep will be scattered.’[a]

28 However, after I’ve been raised, I’ll go to Galilee ahead of you.”

29 But Peter told him, “Even if everyone else turns against you, I certainly won’t.”

30 Jesus told him, “I tell you[b] with certainty, today, this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you’ll deny me three times.”

31 But Peter[c] kept saying emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you, I’ll never deny you!” And all the others kept saying the same thing.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:27 Cf. Zech 13:7
  2. Mark 14:30 The Gk. pronoun you is sing.
  3. Mark 14:31 Lit. he