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26 Then, after singing a hymn,[a] they went out to the Mount of Olives.(A)

Peter’s Denial Foretold.[b] 27 Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will have your faith shaken, for it is written:

‘I will strike the shepherd,
    and the sheep will be dispersed.’(B)

28 But after I have been raised up, I shall go before you to Galilee.”

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Footnotes

  1. 14:26 After singing a hymn: Ps 114–118, thanksgiving songs concluding the Passover meal.
  2. 14:27–31 Jesus predicted that the Twelve would waver in their faith, even abandon him, despite their protestations to the contrary. Yet he reassured them that after his resurrection he would regather them in Galilee (Mk 16:7; cf. Mt 26:32; 28:7, 10, 16; Jn 21), where he first summoned them to be his followers as he began to preach the good news (Mk 1:14–20).

26 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.(A)

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial(B)

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

“‘I will strike the shepherd,
    and the sheep will be scattered.’[a](C)

28 But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:27 Zech. 13:7