The Bible in Basic English BBE
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58 And after a little time, another saw him and said, You are one of them; and he said, Man, I am not.
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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.
59 And after about an hour, another man said, with decision, Certainly this man was with him, for he is a Galilaean.
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About an hour later another asserted, “Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean.”
60 And Peter said, Man, I have no knowledge of these things of which you are talking. And straight away, while he was saying these words, there came the cry of a cock.
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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 And the Lord, turning, gave Peter a look. And the words of the Lord came to Peter's mind, how he had said, This night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will be false to me three times.
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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 And he went out, weeping bitterly.
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And he went outside and wept bitterly.
63 And the men in whose hands Jesus was, made sport of him and gave him blows.
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The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him.
64 And, covering his eyes, they said to him, Are you prophet enough to say who gave you that blow?
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They blindfolded him and demanded, “Prophesy! Who hit you?”
65 And they said a number of other evil things against him.
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And they said many other insulting things to him.
66 And when it was day, the rulers of the people came together, with the chief priests and the scribes, and they took him before their Sanhedrin, saying,
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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.
67 If you are the Christ, say so. But he said, If I say so you will not have belief;
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“If you are the Messiah,” they said, “tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me,
68 And if I put a question to you, you will not give an answer.
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and if I asked you, you would not answer.
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