¹⁸ And while^[a] they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, that one of you who is eating with me will betray me.” ¹⁹ They began to be distressed and to say to him one by one, “Surely not I?”^{[b] 20} But he said to them, “It is one of the twelve—the one who is dipping bread^[c] into the bowl with me. ²¹ For the Son of Man is going just as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if that man had not been born.”

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

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

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.