Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
31 “Simon, Simon, listen to this. The satan demanded to have you. He wanted to shake you into bits like wheat. 32 But I prayed for you; I prayed that you wouldn’t run out of faith. And, when you turn back again, you must give strength to your brothers.”
33 “Master,” replied Simon, “I’m ready to go with you to prison—or to death!”
Peter denies Jesus
54 So they arrested Jesus, took him off, and brought him into the high priest’s house. Peter followed at a distance. 55 They lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat around it, and Peter sat in among them.
56 A servant-girl saw him sitting by the fire. She stared hard at him. “This fellow was with him!” she said.
57 Peter denied it. “I don’t know him, woman,” he said.
58 After a little while another man saw him and said, “You’re one of them!”
“No, my friend, I’m not,” replied Peter.
59 After the space of about an hour, another man insisted, “It’s true! This man was with him; he’s a Galilean too!”
60 “My good fellow,” said Peter, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” And at once, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed. 61 The master turned and looked at Peter, and Peter called to mind the words the master had spoken to him: “Before the cock crows, this very day, you will deny me three times.” 62 And he went outside and wept bitterly.
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