24. ‘This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,’ he said to them.
25. ‘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.’
26. When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
27. ‘You will all fall away,’ Jesus told them, ‘for it is written:‘ “I will strike the shepherd,and the sheep will be scattered.”
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 cock crows twice 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.
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.