Mark 14:26–31

26 After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.au

PETER’S DENIAL PREDICTED

27 Thenav Jesus said to them, “All of you will fall away,C because it is written:aw

I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheepax will be scattered.D,ay

28 But after I have risen,az I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”ba

29 Peterbb told him, “Even if everyone falls away, I will not.”

30 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to him, “today, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”bc

31 But he kept insisting, “If I have to die with you, I will never deny you.” And they all said the same thing.