Mark 14:22–31

“This Is My Body”

²²In the course of their meal, having taken and blessed the bread, he broke it and gave it to them. Then he said,

Take, this is my body.

^23–24Taking the chalice, he gave it to them, thanking God, and they all drank from it. He said,

This is my blood,

God’s new covenant,

Poured out for many people.

²⁵“I’ll not be drinking wine again until the new day when I drink it in the kingdom of God.”

²⁶They sang a hymn and then went directly to Mount Olives.

^27–28Jesus told them, “You’re all going to feel that your world is falling apart and that it’s my fault. There’s a Scripture that says,

I will strike the shepherd;

The sheep will go helter-skelter.

“But after I am raised up, I will go ahead of you, leading the way to Galilee.”

²⁹Peter blurted out, “Even if everyone else is ashamed of you when things fall to pieces, I won’t be.”

³⁰Jesus said, “Don’t be so sure. Today, this very night in fact, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”

³¹He blustered in protest, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you.” All the others said the same thing.