Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial(A)

27 (B)Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble [a]because of Me this night, for it is written:

(C)‘I will strike the Shepherd,
And the sheep will be scattered.’

28 “But (D)after I have been raised, I will go before you to Galilee.”

29 (E)Peter said to Him, “Even if all are made to [b]stumble, yet I will not be.

30 Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you that today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.”

31 But he spoke more vehemently, “If I have to die with You, I will not deny You!”

And they all said likewise.

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  1. Mark 14:27 NU omits because of Me this night
  2. Mark 14:29 fall away

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

27 And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, because it is written,

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

28 But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.” 29 But Peter said to him, “Even if they all fall away, certainly I will not!” 30 And Jesus said to him, “Truly I say to you that today—this night—before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times!” 31 But he kept saying emphatically, “If it is necessary for me to die with you, I will never deny you!” And they all were saying the same thing also.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:27 A quotation from Zech 13:7