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After a little while a man noticed Peter and said, "You are one of them, too!" But Peter answered, "Man, I am not!"
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And about an hour later another man insisted strongly, "There isn't any doubt that this man was with Jesus, because he also is a Galilean!"
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But Peter answered, "Man, I don't know what you are talking about!" At once, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
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The Lord turned around and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered that the Lord had said to him, "Before the rooster crows tonight, you will say three times that you do not know me."
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Peter went out and wept bitterly.
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The men who were guarding Jesus made fun of him and beat him.
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They blindfolded him and asked him, "Who hit you? Guess!"
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And they said many other insulting things to him.
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When day came, the elders, the chief priests, and the teachers of the Law met together, and Jesus was brought before the Council.
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"Tell us," they said, "are you the Messiah?" He answered, "If I tell you, you will not believe me;
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and if I ask you a question, you will not answer.