Mark 14:31

The Message

He blustered in protest, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never deny you.” All the others said the same thing.

Cross References

1 Kings 11:22

“But why?” said Pharaoh. “Why would you want to leave here? Hasn’t everything been to your liking?” “Everything has been just fine,” said Hadad, “but I want to go home—give me a good send-off!” * * *

2 Kings 8:13

Hazael said, “Am I a mongrel dog that I’d do such a horrible thing?” “God showed me,” said Elisha, “that you’ll be king of Aram.”

Psalm 30:6

When things were going great I crowed, “I’ve got it made. I’m God’s favorite. He made me king of the mountain.” Then you looked the other way and I fell to pieces.

Exodus 19:8

The people were unanimous in their response: “Everything God says, we will do.” Moses took the people’s answer back to God. * * *

Proverbs 16:18

First pride, then the crash— the bigger the ego, the harder the fall.

Proverbs 18:24

Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family.

Proverbs 29:23

Pride lands you flat on your face; humility prepares you for honors.

Jeremiah 10:23

I know, God, that mere mortals can’t run their own lives, That men and women don’t have what it takes to take charge of life. So correct us, God, as you see best. Don’t lose your temper. That would be the end of us. Vent your anger on the godless nations, who refuse to acknowledge you, And on the people who won’t pray to you— The very ones who’ve made a meal out of Jacob, yes, made a meal And devoured him whole, people and pastures alike.

Jeremiah 17:9

“The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out. But I, God, search the heart and examine the mind. I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things. I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be.” * * *

Mark 10:39

“Sure,” they said. “Why not?” Jesus said, “Come to think of it, you will drink the cup I drink, and be baptized in my baptism. But as to awarding places of honor, that’s not my business. There are other arrangements for that.”

Mark 14:30

Jesus said, “Don’t be so sure. Today, this very night in fact, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.”

Mark 14:32

They came to an area called Gethsemane. Jesus told his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” He took Peter, James, and John with him. He sank into a pit of suffocating darkness. He told them, “I feel bad enough right now to die. Stay here and keep vigil with me.”

Luke 23:23

But they kept at it, a shouting mob, demanding that he be crucified. And finally they shouted him down. Pilate caved in and gave them what they wanted. He released the man thrown in prison for rioting and murder, and gave them Jesus to do whatever they wanted.

John 13:37

“Master,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow now? I’ll lay down my life for you!”