Matthew 26:31 - The Scriptures 1998

³¹ Then יהושע  said to them, “All of you shall stumble in Me this night, for it has been written, ‘I shall strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ Then Jesus said to them, You will all be offended and stumble and fall away because of Me this night [distrusting and deserting Me], for it is written, I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered. [Zech. 13:7.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended in me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

Common English Bible

³¹ Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Tonight you will all fall away because of me. This is because it is written, I will hit the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will go off in all directions.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ Then Jesus said to them: "You will all fall away from me in this night. For it has been written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

Matthew 26:31 Cross References

Psalm 38:11

My loved ones and my friends stand back from my plague, And my neighbours stand far away.

Psalm 69:20

Reproach has broken my heart and I am sick; I looked for sympathy, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

Psalm 88:18

You have put loved one and companion far from me, Darkness is my close friend!

Isaiah 53:10

But יהוה  was pleased to crush Him, He laid sickness on Him, that when He made Himself an offering for guilt, He would see a seed, He would prolong His days and the pleasure of יהוה  prosper in His hand.

Lamentations 1:19

I called for my lovers, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders breathed their last in the city, While they sought food to bring back their life.

Zechariah 13:7

“O sword, awake against My Shepherd, against the Man who is My Companion,” declares יהוה  of hosts. “Smite the Shepherd, and let the sheep be scattered. But I shall turn My hand upon the little ones.

Matthew 11:6

“And blessed is he who does not stumble in Me.”

Matthew 26:24

“Indeed, the Son of Aḏ

Matthew 26:56

“But all this came to be, so that the Scriptures of the prophets might be filled.” Then all the taught ones left Him and fled.

John 16:32

“See, an hour is coming, and has now come, that you are scattered, each to his own, and leave Me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.