John 13:27-38 ▼

27 After he had taken the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus told him, |Do quickly what you are going to do!|

28 Now no one at the table knew why Jesus said this to him.

29 Some thought that, since Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him to buy what they needed for the festival or to give something to the destitute.

30 So Judas took the piece of bread, immediately went outside...and it was night.

31 After Judas had gone out, Jesus said, |The Son of Man is now glorified, and God has been glorified by him.

32 If God has been glorified by him, God himself also will glorify the Son of Man, and he will do so quickly.

33 Little children, I'm with you only a little longer. You will look for me, but what I told the Jewish leaders I now tell you, 'Where I'm going, you cannot come.'

34 I'm giving you a new commandment...to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.

35 This is how everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.|

36 Simon Peter asked him, |Lord, where are you going?| Jesus answered him, |I'm going where you cannot follow me now, though you will follow me later on.|

37 |Lord, why can't I follow you now?| Peter asked him. |I would lay down my life for you!|

38 Jesus answered him, |Would you lay down your life for me? I tell you emphatically, a rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times.|