Shepherd and Sheep - OT/NT Series 16

Tune: Wolvercote

(one tune to 'O Jesus, I have promised')

Matthew 26 v.30-35

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After the Last Supper was done

They all did go, each one

To mount of Olives, Jesus to

Then said, Hearken, all you

Shall be offended, for here see

How 'tis written*, so be

That I will smite the shepherd and

You all shall then disband

For the sheep of the flock shall be

Scattered abroad freely

But after I am risen, see

Will go to Galilee

Ahead of you, then Peter said

I shall not be misled

Though all others offended shall

Be, I shall ne'er, I tell

Jesuse said to Peter, Truly

I say to you surely

That this night before cockerel crow

You shall deny you know

Me, and it be three times you shall

Deny me, I you tell

Then they all said, Though we too die

We shall not you deny

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* Zechariah 13 v.7