Peter Denies Jesus^(A)

⁵⁴ Then they arrested him, led him away, and brought him to the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance. ⁵⁵ When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had taken their seats, Peter, too, sat down among them. ⁵⁶ A servant girl saw him sitting by the fire, stared at him, and said, “This man was with him, too.”

⁵⁷ But he denied it, “I don’t know him, woman!” he responded.

⁵⁸ A little later, a man looked at him and said, “You are one of them, too.”

But Peter said, “Mister,^[a] I am not!”

⁵⁹ About an hour later, another man emphatically asserted, “This man was certainly with him, because he is a Galilean!”

⁶⁰ But Peter said, “Mister,^[b] I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Just then, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.

⁶¹ Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. And Peter remembered the word from the Lord, and how he had told him, “Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” ⁶² So he went outside and cried bitterly.