⁵⁶ A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, “This man was with him.”

¹⁷ “You aren’t one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” she asked Peter.

He replied, “I am not.”^(A)

Peter Disowns Jesus^(A)

⁶⁶ While Peter was below in the courtyard,^(B) one of the servant girls of the high priest came by. ⁶⁷ When she saw Peter warming himself,^(C) she looked closely at him.

“You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus,”^(D) she said.

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

¹⁷ When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve.

⁶ “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me.