Peter’s denial
69 Meanwhile, Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant woman came and said to him, "You were also with Jesus the Galilean."
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But he denied it in front of all of them, saying, "I don't know what you are talking about."
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When he went over to the gate, another woman saw him and said to those who were there, "This man was with Jesus, the man from Nazareth."
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With a solemn pledge, he denied it again, saying, "I don't know the man."
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A short time later those standing there came and said to Peter, "You must be one of them. The way you talk gives you away."
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Then he cursed and swore, "I don't know the man!" At that very moment the rooster crowed.
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Peter remembered Jesus' words, "
Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times."
And Peter went out and cried uncontrollably.