Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial^(A)

²⁷ Then Jesus told them, “All of you will turn against me, because it is written,

²⁸ However, after I’ve been raised, I’ll go to Galilee ahead of you.”

²⁹ But Peter told him, “Even if everyone else turns against you, I certainly won’t.”

³⁰ Jesus told him, “I tell you^[b] with certainty, today, this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you’ll deny me three times.”

³¹ But Peter^[c] kept saying emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you, I’ll never deny you!” And all the others kept saying the same thing.

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial^(A)

³¹ “Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has asked permission to sift all of you like wheat, ³² but I have prayed for you that your own faith may not fail. When you have come back, you must strengthen your brothers.”

³³ Peter^[a] told him, “Lord, I am ready to go even to prison and to die with you!”

³⁴ But Jesus^[b] said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you deny three times that you know me.”

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial^(A)

³⁶ Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?”

Jesus answered him, “I’m going where you cannot follow me now, though you will follow me later on.”

³⁷ “Lord,^[a] why can’t I follow you now?” Peter asked him. “I would lay down my life for you!”

³⁸ Jesus answered him, “Would you lay down your life for me? I tell you^[b] emphatically, a rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times.”