Matthew 26:30-35

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Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

³⁰^(A)And when they had sung a hymn, ^(B)they went out to ^(C)the Mount of Olives. ³¹Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will ^(D)strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ ³²But after I am raised up, ^(E)I will go before you to Galilee.” ³³^(F)Peter answered him, “Though they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away.” ³⁴^(G)Jesus said to him, “Truly, I tell you, this very night, ^(H)before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” ³⁵^(I)Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you!” And all the disciples said the same.

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Matthew 26:69-75

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Peter Denies Jesus

⁶⁹^(A)Now Peter was sitting outside ^(B)in the courtyard. And a servant girl came up to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” ⁷⁰But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you mean.” ⁷¹And when he went out to the entrance, another servant girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, “This man was with Jesus ^(C)of Nazareth.” ⁷²And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man.” ⁷³After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you too are one of them, for ^(D)your accent betrays you.” ⁷⁴Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed. ⁷⁵And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, ^(E)“Before the rooster crows, you will ^(F)deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.