KJV King James Version
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.
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Matthew 26:31
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.’
WEB World English Bible
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.’
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
Surrounding context — Matthew 26
28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.
30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
31 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.
32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all [men] shall be offended because of thee, [yet] will I never be offended.
34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΤότεG5119 · totethenλέγειG3004 · legōto sayαὐτοῖςG846 · autosit/s/heὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸησοῦς·G2424 · IēsousJesusπάντεςG3956 · pasallὑμεῖςG4771 · suyouσκανδαλισθήσεσθεG4624 · skandalizōto cause to stumbleἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongἐμοὶG1473 · egōI/weἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoνυκτὶG3571 · nuxnightταύτῃ·G3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itγέγραπταιG1125 · graphōto writeγάρ·G1063 · garforπατάξωG3960 · patassōto strikeτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoποιμένα,G4166 · poimēnshepherdκαὶG2532 · kaiandδιασκορπισθήσονταιG1287 · diaskorpizōto scatterτὰG3588 · hothe/this/whoπρόβαταG4263 · probatonsheepτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoποίμνης.G4167 · poimnēflock
Cross-references
Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man [that is] my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.Mark 14:27-28And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.John 16:32Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.Ezekiel 34:5-6And they were scattered, because [there is] no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.Psalm 69:20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for comforters, but I found none.Psalm 38:11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.Matthew 24:9-10Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.Isaiah 53:10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put [him] to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.Luke 22:31-32And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired [to have] you, that he may sift [you] as wheat:Lamentations 1:19I called for my lovers, [but] they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.Psalm 88:18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, [and] mine acquaintance into darkness.Matthew 11:6And blessed is [he], whosoever shall not be offended in me.Job 6:15-22My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, [and] as the stream of brooks they pass away;Matthew 26:56But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.Job 19:13-16He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
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