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54 Then the men arrested Jesus and led him away. They took him into the high priest's house. Peter followed from far away.
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Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance.
55 They started a fire in the middle of the courtyard. Then they sat down together. Peter sat down with them.
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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 A female servant saw him sitting there in the firelight. She looked closely at him. Then she said, "This man was with Jesus."
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 Peter said he had not been with him. "Woman, I don't know him," he said.
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But he denied it. “Woman, I don’t know him,” he said.
58 A little later someone else saw Peter. "You also are one of them," he said. "No," Peter replied. "I'm not!"
58
A little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” “Man, I am not!” Peter replied.
59 About an hour later, another person spoke up. "This fellow must have been with Jesus," he said. "He is from Galilee."
59
About an hour later another asserted, “Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean.”
60 Peter replied, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed.
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Peter replied, “Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed.
61 The Lord turned and looked right at Peter. Then Peter remembered what the Lord had spoken to him. "The rooster will crow today," Jesus had said. "Before it does, you will say three times that you don't know me."
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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.”
62 Peter went outside. He broke down and sobbed.
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And he went outside and wept bitterly.
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