Good News Bible Anglicised

Matthew 26:30-37 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

30. Then they sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of Olives.

31. Then Jesus said to them, “This very night all of you will run away and leave me, for the scripture says, ‘God will kill the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

32. But after I am raised to life, I will go to Galilee ahead of you.”

33. Peter spoke up and said to Jesus, “I will never leave you, even though all the rest do!”

34. Jesus said to Peter, “I tell you that before the cock crows tonight, you will say three times that you do not know me.”

35. Peter answered, “I will never say that, even if I have to die with you!”And all the other disciples said the same thing.

36. Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

37. He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee. Grief and anguish came over him,