Matthew 26:31-35

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial

31 Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ¹ ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ ^[a]

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

33 Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.”

34 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”

35 Peter replied, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the other disciples said the same thing.

Cross References

• 1. (Zechariah 13:7–9; Mark 14:27–31; Luke 22:31–38; John 13:36–38)

Footnotes

• [a] Zechariah 13:7