Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
27 And Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, because it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered.'
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But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."
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But Peter said to him, "Even if they all fall away, certainly I will not!"
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And Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you that today--this night--before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times!"
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But he kept saying emphatically, "If it is necessary for me to die with you, I will never deny you!" And they all were saying the same [thing] also.
The Prayer in Gethsemane
32 And they came to a place {named} Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray."
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And he took along Peter and James and John with him, and he began to be distressed and troubled.
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And he said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake."
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And going forward a little he fell to the ground and began to pray that, if it were possible, the hour would pass from him.
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And he said, "Abba, Father, all [things] [are] possible for you! Take away this cup from me! Yet not what I will, but what you [will]."
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And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not able to stay awake one hour?