Matthew 26:31

Contemporary English Version 1995

Jesus said to his disciples, “During this very night, all of you will reject me, as the Scriptures say, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

Cross References

Zechariah 13:7

The Lord All-Powerful said: My sword, wake up! Attack my shepherd and friend. Strike down the shepherd! Scatter the little sheep, and I will destroy them.

John 16:32

The time will come and is already here when all of you will be scattered. Each of you will go back home and leave me by myself. But the Father will be with me, and I won't be alone.

Psalm 69:20

I am crushed by insults, and I feel sick. I had hoped for mercy and pity, but there was none.

Psalm 38:11

Because of my sickness, no friends or neighbors will come near me.

Matthew 11:6

God will bless everyone who doesn't reject me because of what I do.”

Lamentations 1:19

I called out to my lovers, but they betrayed me. My priests and my leaders died while searching the city for scraps of food.

Isaiah 53:10

The Lord decided his servant would suffer as a sacrifice to take away the sin and guilt of others. Now the servant will live to see his own descendants. He did everything the Lord had planned.

Psalm 88:18

My friends and neighbors have turned against me because of you, and now darkness is my only companion.

Matthew 26:56

But all this happened, so that what the prophets wrote would come true.” All Jesus' disciples left him and ran away.

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man will die, as the Scriptures say. But it's going to be terrible for the one who betrays me! That man would be better off if he had never been born.”