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54 Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest's house, and Peter was following at a distance.
54
Arresting Jesus, they marched him off and took him into the house of the Chief Priest. Peter followed, but at a safe distance.
55 And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.
55
In the middle of the courtyard some people had started a fire and were sitting around it, trying to keep warm.
56 Then a servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the light and looking closely at him, said, "This man also was with him."
56
One of the serving maids sitting at the fire noticed him, then took a second look and said, "This man was with him!"
57 But he denied it, saying, "Woman, I do not know him."
57
He denied it, "Woman, I don't even know him."
58 And a little later someone else saw him and said, "You also are one of them." But Peter said, "Man, I am not."
58
A short time later, someone else noticed him and said, "You're one of them." But Peter denied it: "Man, I am not."
59 And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted, saying, "Certainly this man also was with him, for he too is a Galilean."
59
About an hour later, someone else spoke up, really adamant: "He's got to have been with him! He's got 'Galilean' written all over him."
60 But Peter said, "Man, I do not know what you are talking about." And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.
60
Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about." At that very moment, the last word hardly off his lips, a rooster crowed.
61 And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, "Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."
61
Just then, the Master turned and looked at Peter. Peter remembered what the Master had said to him: "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."
62 And he went out and wept bitterly.
62
He went out and cried and cried and cried.
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