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31 Then Yeshua said to them, “This night you will all fall away because of Me; for it is written,

‘I will strike the Shepherd,
    and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’[a]

32 But after I am raised up, I will go before you to the Galilee.”

33 But Peter replied to Him, “Though all fall away because of You, I’ll never fall away.”

34 Yeshua said to him, “Truly, I tell you, this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”

35 “Even if I must die with You,” Peter says to Him, “I’ll never deny You!” And so said all the disciples.

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Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

31 On the way, Jesus told them, “Tonight all of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say,

‘God will strike[a] the Shepherd,
    and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

32 But after I have been raised from the dead, I will go ahead of you to Galilee and meet you there.”

33 Peter declared, “Even if everyone else deserts you, I will never desert you.”

34 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, Peter—this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you even know me.”

35 “No!” Peter insisted. “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you!” And all the other disciples vowed the same.

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Footnotes

  1. 26:31 Greek I will strike. Zech 13:7.