John 13:33-38

A New Commandment

33 Little children, r yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just s as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, 'Where I am going you cannot come.' 34 t A new commandment u I give to you, v that you love one another: w just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 x By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

36 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" y Jesus answered him, "Where I am going z you cannot follow me now, a but you will follow afterward." 37 b Peter said to him, "Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you." 38 Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, c the rooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.

  1. Cross References
    John 7:33
    Jesus then said, "I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.
  2. Cross References
    John 7:34
    You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.
    John 8:21
    So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.
  3. Cross References
    1 John 2:7 - 8
    Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.
    1 John 3:11
    For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
    2 John 1:5
    And now I ask you, dear lady - not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning - that we love one another.
  4. Cross References
    John 15:12
    This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
    John 15:17
    These things I command you, so that you will love one another.
    1 John 3:23
    And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.
    1 John 4:21
    And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:18
    You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge a...
    Romans 13:8
    Owe no one anything, except to love each other,...
    Colossians 3:14
    And above all these put on love, which binds ev...
    1 Thessalonians 4:9
    Now concerning brotherly love you have no need ...
    1 Timothy 1:5
    The aim of our charge is love that issues from ...
    1 Peter 1:22
    Having purified your souls by your obedience to...
  6. Cross References
    John 15:12
    This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
    Ephesians 5:2
    And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
    1 John 4:10 - 11
    In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
  7. Cross References
    1 John 3:14
    We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
    1 John 4:20
    If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
  8. Cross References
    John 13:7
    Jesus answered him, "What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.
  9. Cross References
    John 7:34
    You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.
    John 14:2
    In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
  10. Cross References
    John 21:18 - 19
    Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.
    2 Peter 1:14
    Since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
  11. Cross References
    Matthew 26:33 - 35
    Peter answered him, "Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away.
    Mark 14:29 - 31
    Peter said to him, "Even though they all fall away, I will not.
    Luke 22:33 - 34
    Peter said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.
  12. Cross References
    John 18:27
    Peter again denied it, and at once a rooster crowed.
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