John 13:38

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John 13:36–38 · Berean Standard Bible

36 “Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”

37 “Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.”

38 “Will you lay down your life for Me?” Jesus replied. “Truly, truly, I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 28:26

He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.

Proverbs 29:23

A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

1 Corinthians 10:12

So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.

John 18:16

But Peter stood outside at the door. Then the disciple who was known to the high priest went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.

John 18:17

At this, the servant girl watching the door said to Peter, “Aren’t you also one of this man’s disciples?” “I am not,” he answered.

John 18:25

Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself. So they asked him, “Aren’t you also one of His disciples?” He denied it and said, “I am not.”

John 18:26

One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?”

John 18:27

Peter denied it once more, and immediately a rooster crowed.

Matthew 26:34

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

Matthew 26:69

Meanwhile, Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him. “You also were with Jesus the Galilean,” she said.

Matthew 26:70

But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.”

Matthew 26:71

When Peter had gone out to the gateway, another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.”

Matthew 26:72

And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man!”

Matthew 26:73

After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.”

Matthew 26:74

At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

Matthew 26:75

Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Mark 14:30

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

Mark 14:66

While Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the servant girls of the high priest came down

Mark 14:67

and saw him warming himself there. She looked at Peter and said, “You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.”

Mark 14:68

But he denied it. “I do not know or even understand what you are talking about,” he said. Then he went out to the gateway, and the rooster crowed.

Mark 14:69

There the servant girl saw him and again said to those standing nearby, “This man is one of them.”

Mark 14:70

But he denied it again. After a little while, those standing nearby said once more to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you too are a Galilean.”

Mark 14:71

But he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak!”

Mark 14:72

And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.

Luke 22:34

But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”

Luke 22:56

A servant girl saw him seated in the firelight and looked intently at him. “This man also was with Him,” she said.

Luke 22:57

But Peter denied it. “Woman, I do not know Him,” he said.

Luke 22:58

A short time later, someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”

Luke 22:59

About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”

Luke 22:60

“Man, I do not know what you are talking about,” Peter replied. While he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.

Luke 22:61

And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”

Luke 22:62

And he went outside and wept bitterly.