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29 The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him.”

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29 The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone,(A) for I always do what pleases him.”(B)

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The Song of the Sword

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
    against the one who is my associate
    —oracle of the Lord of hosts.
Strike the shepherd
    that the sheep may be scattered;[a](A)
    I will turn my hand against the little ones.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:7 Strike the shepherd…may be scattered: in Matthew’s Gospel (26:31) Jesus makes use of this text before his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane and the flight of the disciples.

The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered

“Awake, sword,(A) against my shepherd,(B)
    against the man who is close to me!”
    declares the Lord Almighty.
“Strike the shepherd,
    and the sheep will be scattered,(C)
    and I will turn my hand against the little ones.

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Peter’s Denial Foretold. 31 (A)Then Jesus said to them, “This night all of you will have your faith in me shaken,[a] for it is written:(B)

‘I will strike the shepherd,
    and the sheep of the flock will be dispersed’;

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Footnotes

  1. 26:31 Will have…shaken: literally, “will be scandalized in me”; see note on Mt 24:9–12. I will strike…dispersed: cf. Zec 13:7.

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial(A)

31 Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me,(B) for it is written:

“‘I will strike the shepherd,
    and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 26:31 Zech. 13:7

27 Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will have your faith shaken, for it is written:

‘I will strike the shepherd,
    and the sheep will be dispersed.’(A)

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Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial(A)

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

“‘I will strike the shepherd,
    and the sheep will be scattered.’[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:27 Zech. 13:7