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

³¹ Then saith Jesus to them, All ye shall be offended in me during this night. For it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

³² But after that I shall be risen, I will go before you to Galilee.

³³ And Peter answering said to him, If all shall be offended in thee, I will never be offended.

³⁴ Jesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, that during this night, before the cock shall crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

³⁵ Peter says to him, If I should needs die with thee, I will in no wise deny thee. Likewise said all the disciples also.

²⁷ And Jesus says to them, All ye shall be offended, for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered abroad.

²⁸ But after I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

²⁹ But Peter said to him, Even if all should be offended, yet not I.

³⁰ And Jesus says to him, Verily I say to thee, that thou to-day, in this night, before the cock shall crow twice, thou shalt thrice deny me.

³¹ But he said so much exceedingly the more, If I should have to die with thee, I will in no wise deny thee. And likewise said they all too.

³¹ And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to have you, to sift you as wheat; ³² but I have besought for thee that thy faith fail not; and thou, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy brethren.

³³ And he said to him, Lord, with thee I am ready to go both to prison and to death.

³⁴ And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow to-day before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

³¹ When therefore he was gone out Jesus says, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. ³² If God be glorified in him, God also shall glorify him in himself, and shall glorify him immediately.

³³ Children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me; and, as I said to the Jews, Where I go ye cannot come, I say to you also now.

³⁴ A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. ³⁵ By this shall all know that ye are disciples of mine, if ye have love amongst yourselves.

³⁶ Simon Peter says to him, Lord, where goest thou? Jesus answered him, Where I go thou canst not follow me now, but thou shalt follow me after.

³⁷ Peter says to him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee.

³⁸ Jesus answers, Thou wilt lay down thy life for me! Verily, verily, I say to thee, The cock shall not crow till thou hast denied me thrice.