Peter denies Jesus
66 Meanwhile, Peter was below in the courtyard. A woman, one of the high priest's servants, approached
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and saw Peter warming himself by the fire. She stared at him and said, "You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus."
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But he denied it, saying, "I don't know what you're talking about. I don't understand what you're saying." And he went outside into the outer courtyard. A rooster crowed.
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The female servant saw him and began a second time to say to those standing around, "This man is one of them."
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But he denied it again. A short time later, those standing around again said to Peter, "You must be one of them, because you are also a Galilean."
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But he cursed and swore, "I don't know this man you're talking about."
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At that very moment, a rooster crowed a second time. Peter remembered what Jesus told him, "
Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down, sobbing.