Mark 14:27

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “All of you will have doubts about me, for it is written [Zech. 13:7], ‘I will strike down the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered everywhere.’

Cross References

John 16:32

Look, the time is coming --- yes, it is already here --- when each of you will be scattered to his own home, and will leave me [all] alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

Matthew 26:31

Then Jesus said [to His disciples], “All of you will have doubts about me tonight, for it is written [Zech. 13:7], ‘I will strike down the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered everywhere.’

John 16:1

[Jesus continued], “I have told you these things so that you men would not fall away [i.e., from the faith].

2 Timothy 4:16

At my first defense [Note: Paul here refers to his initial hearing before the Roman court] no one supported me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them.

Matthew 11:6

The person who does not find an occasion for having doubts about my identity is fortunate indeed.”