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The Master turned and looked on Peter; and Peter recollected the Master's words, how He had said to him, "This very day, before the cock crows, you will disown me three times."
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And he went out and wept aloud bitterly.
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Meanwhile the men who held Jesus in custody repeatedly beat Him in cruel sport,
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or blindfolded Him, and then challenged Him. "Prove to us," they said, "that you are a prophet, by telling us who it was that struck you."
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And they said many other insulting things to Him.
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As soon as it was day, the whole body of the Elders, both High Priests and Scribes, assembled. Then He was brought into their Sanhedrin, and they asked Him,
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"Are you the Christ? Tell us." "If I tell you," He replied, "you will certainly not believe;
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and if I ask you questions, you will certainly not answer.
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But from this time forward the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of God's omnipotence."
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Thereupon they cried out with one voice, "You, then, are the Son of God?" "It is as you say," He answered; "I am He."
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"What need have we of further evidence?" they said; "for we ourselves have heard it from his own lips."