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After singing the Hallel, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
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Yeshua then said to them, "Tonight you will all lose faith in me, as the Tanakh says, `I will strike the shepherd dead, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
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But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you into the Galil."
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"I will never lose faith in you," Kefa answered, "even if everyone else does."
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Yeshua said to him, "Yes! I tell you that tonight before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!"
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"Even if I must die with you," Kefa replied, "I will never disown you!" And all the talmidim said the same thing.
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Then Yeshua went with his talmidim to a place called Gat-Sh'manim and said to them, "Sit here while I go over there and pray."
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He took with him Kefa and Zavdai's two sons. Grief and anguish came over him,
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and he said to them, "My heart is so filled with sadness that I could die! Remain here and stay awake with me."
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Going on a little farther, he fell on his face, praying, "My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet -- not what I want, but what you want!"
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He returned to the talmidim and found them sleeping. He said to Kefa, "Were you so weak that you couldn't stay awake with me for even an hour?