Peter’s Denials

^66 (A)And as Peter was below in ^(B)the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest *came, ⁶⁷ and seeing Peter ^(C)warming himself, she looked at him and *said, “You also were with the ^(D)Nazarene, Jesus.” ⁶⁸ But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” And he ^(E)went out into the entryway.^{[a] 69} And when the servant-girl saw him, she began once more to say to the bystanders, “This is one of them!” ⁷⁰ But again ^(F)he was denying it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, ^(G)for you are also a Galilean.” ⁷¹ But he began to ^[b]curse and swear, “I do not know this man you are talking about!” ⁷² And immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said the statement to him, “Before ^(H)a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” ^[c]And throwing himself down, he began to cry.