Mark 14:68-72

68 But he denied it. “I don’t know or understand what you’re talking about,” he said, and went out into the entryway.^[a]

69 When the servant girl saw him there, she said again to those standing around, “This fellow is one of them.”

70 Again he denied it. After a little while, those standing near said to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.”

71 He began to call down curses, and he swore to them, “I don’t know this man you’re talking about.”

72 Immediately the rooster crowed the second time.^[b] Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice^[c] you will disown me three times.” And he broke down and wept.

Cross References

• 1. ver 30,72
• 2. ver 30,68,72
• 3. Acts 2:7
• 4. ver 30,72
• 5. ver 30,68

Footnotes

• [a] Some early manuscripts "entryway and the rooster crowed"
• [b] Some early manuscripts do not have "the second time."
• [c] Some early manuscripts do not have "twice."