Mark 14:26-36

26 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.’^[a]

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

Cross References

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

Footnotes

• [a]. Zech. 13:7
• [b]. Some early manuscripts do not have "twice."
• [c]. Aramaic for "father"