Matthew 26:33 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Peter answered Him, “[Even] if everyone [else] has doubts about you, I never will.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Peter declared to Him, Though they all are offended and stumble and fall away because of You [and distrust and desert You], I will never do so. American Standard Version (1901) But Peter answered and said unto him, If all shall be offended in thee, I will never be offended. Common English Bible Peter replied, “If everyone else stumbles because of you, I’ll never stumble.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then Peter responded by saying to him, "Even if everyone else has fallen away from you, I will never fall away." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Peter answering, said to him: Although all shall be scandalized in thee, I will never be scandalized. |
Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, this [very] night, before the rooster crows, you will deny [knowing] me three times.”
But Peter said to Him, “Although everyone else will have doubts [about you], I never will.”
And Peter replied, “Lord, I am ready to go to prison and to death with you.”
So, after they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you really love me more than these [other disciples do]?” Peter answered Him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” [Note: Since two different Greek words for “love” are used in this conversation, some scholars see a distinction in their meaning. See Butler, Vol. II, pp. 453-457 for a discussion of these views]. Jesus replied to him, “[Then] feed my lambs.”
In your love for your brothers, show tender affection toward one another. Try to outdo one another in showing respect [for each other].
Do not do anything from rivalry or from empty conceit, but in humility, consider others better than yourselves.