Matthew 26:31

World English Bible (2000)

Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

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  • Zech 13:7 : 7 "Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me," says Yahweh of Armies. "Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
  • John 16:32 : 32 Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
  • Mark 14:27-28 : 27 Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.' 28 However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."
  • Ezek 34:5-6 : 5 They were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered. 6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my sheep were scattered on all the surface of the earth; and there was none who searched or sought.
  • Matt 11:6 : 6 Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me."
  • Matt 24:9-9 : 9 Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake. 10 Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.
  • Job 6:15-22 : 15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away; 16 Which are black by reason of the ice, in which the snow hides itself. 17 In the dry season, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. 18 The caravans that travel beside them turn aside. They go up into the waste, and perish. 19 The caravans of Tema looked. The companies of Sheba waited for them. 20 They were distressed because they were confident. They came there, and were confounded. 21 For now you are nothing. You see a terror, and are afraid. 22 Did I say, 'Give to me?' or, 'Offer a present for me from your substance?'
  • Job 19:13-16 : 13 "He has put my brothers far from me. My acquaintances are wholly estranged from me. 14 My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me. 15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger. I am an alien in their sight. 16 I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I beg him with my mouth.
  • Ps 38:11 : 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
  • Ps 69:20 : 20 Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
  • Ps 88:18 : 18 You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness. A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.
  • Isa 53:10 : 10 Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper in his hand.
  • Lam 1:19 : 19 I called for my lovers, [but] they deceived me: My priests and my elders gave up the spirit in the city, While they sought them food to refresh their souls.
  • Matt 26:56 : 56 But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him, and fled.
  • Luke 22:31-32 : 31 The Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat, 32 but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn't fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers."

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    26 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

    27 Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

    28 However, after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."

    29 But Peter said to him, "Although all will be offended, yet I will not."

    30 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you, that you today, even this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."

    31 But he spoke all the more, "If I must die with you, I will not deny you." They all said the same thing.

  • Matt 26:32-34
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    32 But after I am raised up, I will go before you into Galilee."

    33 But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble."

    34 Jesus said to him, "Most certainly I tell you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."

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    6 One will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will answer, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.'

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  • Matt 26:54-57
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    54 How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?"

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    56 But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him, and fled.

    57 Those who had taken Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

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    45 Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

    46 Arise, let's be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand."

    47 While he was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, from the chief priest and elders of the people.

  • John 16:32
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    32 Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

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    21 When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, "Most certainly I tell you that one of you will betray me."

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    30 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

  • Matt 24:9-10
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    9 Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.

    10 Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

  • Matt 26:21-23
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    50 They all left him, and fled.

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    5 They were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the animals of the field, and were scattered.

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    32 For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on.