Matthew 26:31-35 - Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

³¹ Then Jesus said to them, "You will all stumble over me tonight, for the Scripture says, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

³² But after I am raised from the dead, I will go back to Galilee to meet you."

³³ Peter answered, "Though all the rest of them stumble over you, I will never do so."

³⁴ Jesus said to him, "I solemnly say to you, this very night, before a cock crows, you will disown me three times."

³⁵ Peter answered, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you."

²⁷ Then Jesus said to them, "You will all stumble over me, for the Scripture says, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

²⁸ But after I am raised from the dead, I will go back to Galilee to meet you."

²⁹ Then Peter said to Him, "Although all the rest of them stumble over you, yet I will never do so myself."

³⁰ Then Jesus said to him, "I solemnly say to you, this very night, before the cock crows twice, you, yes, you, will disown me three times."

³¹ But Peter kept on emphatically saying, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And they all kept saying the same thing.

³¹ "Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has asked permission to sift all of you like wheat, ³² but I have prayed especially for you that your own faith may not utterly fail. And you yourself, after you have turned, must strengthen your brothers."

³³ But Peter said to Him, "Lord, I am ready to go even to prison and to death with you!"

³⁴ But He said, "I tell you, Peter, the cock will not crow today before you deny three times that you know me!"

³¹ When he had left, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in Him, ³² and God will through Himself glorify Him, and He will glorify Him at once.

³³ Dear children, I am to be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, but, as I told the Jews, so I now tell you, you cannot just now go where I am going.

³⁴ I give you a new command, to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you too must love one another. ³⁵ By this everybody will know that you are my disciples, if you keep on showing love for one another."

³⁶ Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "I am going where you cannot follow me just now, but you will later follow me."

³⁷ Peter said to Him, "Lord, why can I not follow you right now? I will lay down my life for you."

³⁸ Jesus answered, "You will lay down your life for me! I most solemnly say to you, before a cock crows, you will three times disown me!"