Peter Denies Jesus (MAT 26:69-75)

[26:69] Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard when one of the High Priest's servant women came to him and said, “You, too, were with Jesus of Galilee.”

[26:70] But he denied it in front of them all. “I don't know what you are talking about,” he answered,

[26:71] and went on out to the entrance of the courtyard. Another servant woman saw him and said to the men there, “He was with Jesus of Nazareth.”

[26:72] Again Peter denied it and answered, “I swear that I don't know that man!”

[26:73] After a little while the men standing there came to Peter. “Of course you are one of them,” they said. “After all, the way you speak gives you away!”

[26:74] Then Peter said, “I swear that I am telling the truth! May God punish me if I am not! I do not know that man!” Just then a rooster crowed,

[26:75] and Peter remembered what Jesus had told him: “Before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you do not know me.” He went out and wept bitterly.

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