“You do not know what you are asking,” he said to her. He turned to her sons and asked them, “Can you drink the cup of suffering that I will drink, or endure my purification ceremony?” “We are able!” they answered.
“Why are you weeping and breaking my heart?” he said to them. “I am representing our Honored Chief, Creator Sets Free (Jesus). I am ready not only to be bound but even to die for him in Village of Peace (Jerusalem).”
Creator Sets Free (Jesus) looked at him with sad eyes and said, “Stands on the Rock (Peter), listen to me! Before the rooster crows, this very night, you will deny that you know who I am. Not once, not twice, but three times.” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) knew that trouble was coming,
“Will you truly lay down your life for me?” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) asked. Then he said, “Before the rooster crows in the morning, you will deny three times that you know who I am!”