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But he denied it. “Woman, I don’t know him,” he said.
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A little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” “Man, I am not!” Peter replied.
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About an hour later another asserted, “Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean.”
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Peter replied, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed.
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The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him:
“Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.”
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And he went outside and wept bitterly.
The Guards Mock Jesus
63 The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him.
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They blindfolded him and demanded, “Prophesy! Who hit you?”
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And they said many other insulting things to him.
Jesus Before Pilate and Herod
66 At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and the teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was led before them.
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“If you are the Messiah,” they said, “tell us.” Jesus answered,
“If I tell you, you will not believe me,