Matthew 26:69-75 - Peter Denies Jesus Three Times

⁶⁹ Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.”

⁷⁰ But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you are talking about.”

⁷¹ When he had gone out to the gateway, another servant-girl saw him and *said to those who were there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.”

⁷² And again he denied it with an oath, “I do not know the man.”

⁷³ A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Surely you too are one of them; for even the way you talk gives you away.”

⁷⁴ Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed. ⁷⁵ And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, “Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

⁶⁶ As Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest *came, ⁶⁷ and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and *said, “You also were with Jesus the Nazarene.”

⁶⁸ But he denied it, saying, “I neither know nor understand what you are talking about.” And he went out onto the porch.

⁶⁹ The servant-girl saw him, and began once more to say to the bystanders, “This is one of them!”

⁷⁰ But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean too.”

⁷¹ But he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this man you are talking about!”

⁷² Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he began to weep.