Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial^(A)

^31 (B)Then Jesus said to them, “This very night all of you will run away and leave me, for the scripture says, ‘God will kill the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ ^32 (C)But after I am raised to life, I will go to Galilee ahead of you.”

³³ Peter spoke up and said to Jesus, “I will never leave you, even though all the rest do!”

³⁴ Jesus said to Peter, “I tell you that before the rooster crows tonight, you will say three times that you do not know me.”

³⁵ Peter answered, “I will never say that, even if I have to die with you!”

And all the other disciples said the same thing.

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial^(A)

³¹ “Simon, Simon! Listen! Satan has received permission to test all of you, to separate the good from the bad, as a farmer separates the wheat from the chaff. ³² But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you turn back to me, you must strengthen your brothers.”

³³ Peter answered, “Lord, I am ready to go to prison with you and to die with you!”

³⁴ “I tell you, Peter,” Jesus said, “the rooster will not crow tonight until you have said three times that you do not know me.”

Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial^(A)

³⁶ “Where are you going, Lord?” Simon Peter asked him.

“You cannot follow me now where I am going,” answered Jesus; “but later you will follow me.”

³⁷ “Lord, why can't I follow you now?” asked Peter. “I am ready to die for you!”

³⁸ Jesus answered, “Are you really ready to die for me? I am telling you the truth: before the rooster crows you will say three times that you do not know me.