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The high priest tore his clothes, and said, "What further need have we of witnesses?
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You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?" They all condemned him to be worthy of death.
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Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, "Prophesy!" The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.
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As Peter was beneath in the court, one of the maids of the high priest came,
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and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, "You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus!"
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But he denied it, saying, "I neither know, nor understand what you are saying." He went out into the porch, and the cock crowed.
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The maid saw him, and began again to tell those who stood by, "This is one of them."
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But he again denied it. After a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, "You truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean, and your speech shows it."
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But he began to curse, and to swear, "I don't know this man of whom you speak!"
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The cock crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, "Before the cock crows twice, you will deny me three times." When he thought about that, he wept.