Mark 14:22–31

²²While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it^o and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.”

²³Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.^p

²⁴“This is my blood of the^c covenant,^q which is poured out for many,” he said to them. ²⁵“Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”^r

²⁶When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.^s

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

14:27–31pp—Mt 26:31–35

²⁷“You will all fall away,” Jesus told them, “for it is written:

“ ‘I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep will be scattered.’^dt

²⁸But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”^u

²⁹Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I will not.”

³⁰“Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “today—yes, tonight—before the rooster crows twice^e you yourself will disown me three times.”^v

³¹But Peter insisted emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you,^w I will never disown you.” And all the others said the same.