Matthew 26:30-32

EasyEnglish Bible

³⁰Then Jesus and his disciples sang a song to praise God.^[a] Then they went out to the Mount of Olives.

³¹Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Tonight, all of you will turn away from me. It will happen in the way that the Bible says:

God says, “I will kill the shepherd who leads the sheep.
Then all the sheep will run away in different directions.” ’^[b]

³²Jesus then said, ‘But after that happens, I will become alive again. Then I will go to Galilee, and you will meet me there.’

26:30 People sang a special song about God at the end of a Passover meal. It helped them to remember all that God had done for them.
26:31 See Zechariah 13:7

Matthew 26:30-32

New International Version

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

³¹Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me,^(C) for it is written:

“‘I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’^[a]^(D)

³²But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”^(E)

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