parables: peter and two guns
Peter said to Jesus, “I will follow you, even if that means I have to fight to the death.”
Jesus responded, “Yet you will deny me three times before the rooster crows.”
“Look, here are two guns.”
Jesus sighed, “That is enough.”
As Jesus was being arrested, some of his disciples asked, “Lord, should we stand our ground? Should we shoot in self-defense?”
And Peter shot one of the men.
But Jesus said, “No more of this!” And he touched him and healed him.
As Jesus was led away, his disciples fled. But Peter followed at a distance; and when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them.
Then a maid, seeing him as he sat in the light and gazing at him, said, “Were you not with him? If one strikes you on the right cheek, do you not turn your other cheek?” But he denied it, saying, “Woman, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.”
And a little later some one else saw him and said, “You also are one of them. Was it not taught to love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you?” But Peter said, “Man, I hate my enemies.”
And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted, saying, “Certainly, this man also was with him; are not the peacemakers blessed and called sons of God?” But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are saying.”
And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. And Peter went out and wept bitterly.