Mark 14:28-38

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

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

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

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

Gethsemane

32 They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”

33 He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled.

34 “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,” he said to them. “Stay here and keep watch.”

35 Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him.

36 “Abba ,^[b] Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

37 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour?

38 Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Cross References

• 1. Mark 16:7
• 2. ver 66-72; Luke 22:34; John 13:38
• 3. Luke 22:33; John 13:37
• 4. S Matthew 4:21
• 5. John 12:27
• 6. ver 41; S Matthew 26:18
• 7. Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:6
• 8. S Matthew 20:22
• 9. S Matthew 26:39
• 10. Matthew 6:13
• 11. Romans 7:22,23

Footnotes

• [a]. Some early manuscripts do not have "twice."
• [b]. Aramaic for "father"