Peter’s Denial of Jesus^(A)

⁶⁶ While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came. ⁶⁷ When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with Jesus of Nazareth.”

⁶⁸ But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are saying.” Then he went out to the porch, and a rooster crowed.

⁶⁹ The servant girl saw him again and began to say to those who stood by, “This man is one of them.” ⁷⁰ But again, he denied it.

A little while later, those who stood by said again to Peter, “Surely, you are one of them. For you are a Galilean, and your speech confirms it.”

⁷¹ Peter began to invoke a curse on himself, and to swear, “I do not know this Man of whom you speak.”

⁷² And the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And when he thought on this, he wept.