27 (A)And Jesus *said to them, “You will all [a]fall away, because it is written: ‘(B)I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ 28 But after I am raised, (C)I will go ahead of you to Galilee.” 29 But Peter said to Him, “Even if they all [b]fall away, yet I will not!” 30 And Jesus *said to him, “Truly I say to you, that [c](D)this very night, before (E)a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times.” 31 But [d]Peter repeatedly said insistently, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!” And they all were saying the same thing as well.

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  1. Mark 14:27 I.e., have a lapse in faith
  2. Mark 14:29 I.e., have a lapse in faith
  3. Mark 14:30 Lit today, on this night
  4. Mark 14:31 Lit he

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