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27 Jesus said to them, “All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’Zechariah 13:7 28 However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee.”

29 But Peter said to him, “Although all will be offended, yet I will not.”

30 Jesus said to him, “Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”

31 But he spoke all the more, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” They all said the same thing.

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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