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70 But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you mean."
70
But he denied it before them all. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.
71 And when he went out to the porch, another maid saw him, and she said to the bystanders, "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth."
71
Then he went out to the gateway, where another servant girl saw him and said to the people there, “This fellow was with Jesus of Nazareth.”
72 And again he denied it with an oath, "I do not know the man."
72
He denied it again, with an oath: “I don’t know the man!”
73 After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "Certainly you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you."
73
After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, “Surely you are one of them; your accent gives you away.”
74 Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know the man." And immediately the cock crowed.
74
Then he began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed.
75 And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, "Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times." And he went out and wept bitterly.
75
Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
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