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While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take it; this is my body.”
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Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it.
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“This is my blood of the[a]covenant, which is poured out for many,” he said to them.
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“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.”
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When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
27“You will all fall away,” Jesus told them, “for it is written: “ ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’[b]
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But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
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Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I will not.”
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“Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “today—yes, tonight—before the rooster crows twice[c] you yourself will disown me three times.”
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But Peter insisted emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the others said the same.