Luke 9:18-20 - Peter's Confession

¹⁸ One day when He was praying by Himself the disciples were present; and He asked them, "Who do the people say that I am?"

¹⁹ "John the Baptist," they replied; "but others say Elijah; and others that some one of the ancient Prophets has come back to life."

²⁰ "But you," He asked, "who do you say that I am?" "God's Anointed One," replied Peter.

⁶⁶ Thereupon many of His disciples left Him and went away, and no longer associated with Him. ⁶⁷ Jesus therefore appealed to the Twelve. "Will you go also?" He asked.

⁶⁸ "Master," replied Simon Peter, "to whom shall we go? Your teachings tell us of the Life of the Ages. ⁶⁹ And we have come to believe and know that *you* are indeed the Holy One of God."

⁷⁰ "Did not I choose you--the Twelve?" said Jesus, "and even of you one is a devil." ⁷¹ He alluded to Judas, the son of Simon the Iscariot. For he it was who, though one of the Twelve, was afterwards to betray Him.