Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and blessed them. Then he broke the loaves in pieces and kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

He saw that his disciples were straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he came to them, walking on the sea. He intended to go up right beside them,

"As for yourselves, be on your guard! People will hand you over to local councils, and you will be beaten in their synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings to testify to them because of me.

So be on your guard! I've told you everything before it happens."

Now it was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The high priests and the scribes were looking for a way to arrest Jesus secretly and to have him put to death,

Jesus told him, "I tell you with certainty, today, this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you'll deny me three times."

He went away again and prayed the same prayer as before.

Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Don't you have any answer to what these men are testifying against you?"

Just then a rooster crowed a second time. Peter remembered that Jesus told him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." Then he broke down and cried.

It was the Day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath. Since it was already evening,