Matthew 26:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’”
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“Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended in me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“then saith Jesus to them, `All ye shall be stumbled at me this night; for it hath been written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 26:31 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 6:15But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
- Job 19:13He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
- Psalms 38:11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
- Psalms 69:20Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
- Psalms 88:18You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
- Isaiah 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- Lamentations 1:19I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.
- Ezekiel 34:5They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
- Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd,against the man who is My Companion,declares the LORD of Hosts.Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered,and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
- Matthew 11:6Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
- Matthew 24:9Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
- Matthew 26:56But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
- Mark 14:27Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’
- Luke 22:31Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift each of you like wheat.
- John 16:32“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
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