Matthew 26:74

74 Then he got really nervous and swore. "I don't know the man!"

Matthew 26:74 In-Context

72 Again he denied it, salting his denial with an oath: "I swear, I never laid eyes on the man."
73 Shortly after that, some bystanders approached Peter. "You've got to be one of them. Your accent gives you away."
74 Then he got really nervous and swore. "I don't know the man!"
75 Peter remembered what Jesus had said: "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." He went out and cried and cried and cried.
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