²³Then he took a cup, spoke a prayer of thanksgiving, and gave the cup to them. They all drank from it. ²⁴He said to them, “This is my blood, the blood of the promise.^aIt is poured out for many people.

²⁵“I can guarantee this truth: I won’t drink this wine again until that day when I drink new wine in God’s kingdom.”

²⁶After they sang a hymn, they went to the Mount of Olives.

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial—Matthew 26:31–35; Luke 22:31–34; John 13:36–38

²⁷Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will abandon me. Scripture says,

‘I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep will be scattered.’

²⁸“But after I am brought back to life, I will go to Galilee ahead of you.”

²⁹Peter said to him, “Even if everyone else abandons you, I won’t.”

³⁰Jesus said to Peter, “I can guarantee this truth: Tonight, before a rooster crows twice, you will say three times that you don’t know me.”

³¹But Peter said very strongly, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never say that I don’t know you.” All the other disciples said the same thing.

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Mark 14:24: …This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

Footnotes

a 14:24 Or “testament,” or “covenant.”