Peter Denies Jesus
69 1Now Peter was sitting outside
2in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean. ”
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But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you mean. ”
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And when he went out to the entrance, another servant girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus
3of Nazareth. ”
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And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man. ”
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After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you too are one of them, for
4your accent betrays you. ”
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Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man. ” And immediately the rooster crowed.
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And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus,
5“Before the rooster crows, you will
6deny me three times. ”And he went out and wept bitterly.