Mark 14:22–31

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

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

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

When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.ⁱ

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

14:27-31^pp — Mt 26:31–35

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

“ ‘I will strike the shepherd,

and the sheep will be scattered.’^a

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

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

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

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