Mark 14:69-72

Peter’s Denials

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69} The servant-girl saw him, and began once more to tell the bystanders, “This [man] is one of them.”

Peter’s Denials

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70} But again he denied it. After a little while, the bystanders again said to Peter, “You are in fact one of them, for [it is clear from your accent, that] you are a Galilean, too.”

Peter’s Denials

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71} But he began to ^(a)invoke a curse [on himself] and to swear [an oath], “I do not know this man you are talking about!”

Peter’s Denials

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72} Immediately a rooster crowed the second time. And Peter remembered what Jesus said to him: “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And thinking of this, he began weeping [in anguish].

Footnotes:

a. Mark 14:71: In Judaism such a curse took the form of “May I always be afflicted if I am not being truthful,” or “May I bury my son if...,” or “May I never see the comfort of Zion and Jerusalem if...,” etc. (as found in the Talmud).