Matthew 26:31

New Century Version

Jesus told his followers, “Tonight you will all stumble in your faith on account of me, because it is written in the Scriptures: ‘I will kill the shepherd, and the sheep will scatter.’

Cross References

Psalm 38:11

Because of my wounds, my friends and neighbors avoid me, and my relatives stay far away.

Psalm 69:20

Insults have broken my heart and left me weak. I looked for sympathy, but there was none; I found no one to comfort me.

Psalm 88:18

You have taken away my loved ones and friends. Darkness is my only friend.

Isaiah 53:10

But it was the Lord who decided to crush him and make him suffer. The Lord made his life a penalty offering, but he will still see his descendants and live a long life. He will complete the things the Lord wants him to do.

Lamentations 1:19

“I called out to my friends, but they turned against me. My priests and my elders have died in the city while looking for food to stay alive.

Zechariah 13:7

“Sword, hit the shepherd. Attack the man who is my friend,” says the Lord All-Powerful. “Kill the shepherd, and the sheep will scatter, and I will punish the little ones.”

Matthew 11:6

Those who do not stumble in their faith because of me are blessed.”

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man will die, just as the Scriptures say. But how terrible it will be for the person who hands the Son of Man over to be killed. It would be better for him if he had never been born.”

Matthew 26:56

But all these things have happened so that it will come about as the prophets wrote.” Then all of Jesus’ followers left him and ran away.

John 16:32

Listen to me; a time is coming when you will be scattered, each to your own home. That time is now here. You will leave me alone, but I am never really alone, because the Father is with me.