The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial^(A)

²⁷ “You will all fall away,” Jesus told them, “for it is written:

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial^(A)

³¹ Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me,^(B) for it is written:

⁷ So I shepherded the flock marked for slaughter,^(A) particularly the oppressed of the flock. Then I took two staffs and called one Favor and the other Union, and I shepherded the flock.

²⁴ “‘My servant David^(A) will be king^(B) over them, and they will all have one shepherd.^(C) They will follow my laws and be careful to keep my decrees.^(D)

³² “A time is coming^(A) and in fact has come when you will be scattered,^(B) each to your own home. You will leave me all alone.^(C) Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.^(D)

⁵⁰ Then everyone deserted him and fled.^(A)