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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
Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a 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
And when some there had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them.
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
A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, “This man was with him.”
57 But he denied it, saying, "Woman, I do not know him."
57
But he denied it. “Woman, I don’t know him,” he said.
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 little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” “Man, I am not!” Peter replied.
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 another asserted, “Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean.”
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 replied, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Just as he was speaking, the 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
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.”
62 And he went out and wept bitterly.
62
And he went outside and wept bitterly.
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