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When I was with you in the temple daily, you didn't stretch out your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness."
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They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter followed from a distance.
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When they had kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and had sat down together, Peter sat in the midst of them.
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A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, "This man also was with him."
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He denied Jesus, saying, "Woman, I don't know him."
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After a little while someone else saw him, and said, "You also are one of them!" But Peter answered, "Man, I am not!"
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After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, "Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean!"
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But Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you are talking about!" Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
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The Lord turned, and looked at Peter. Peter remembered the Lord's word, how he said to him, "Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times."
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He went out, and wept bitterly.
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The men who held Jesus mocked him and beat him.