Matthew 26

Peter Denies Jesus

69Meanwhile Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant girl came up to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.” 70But he denied it in front of everyone. “I do not know what you are talking about,” he said. 71When he went out to the gateway, another servant girl saw him and told the people there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.” 72Again he denied it, this time with an oath: “I do not know the man.” 73A little later the bystanders came up to Peter. “You certainly are one of them,” they said. “Your accent gives you away.” 74Then he began to call down curses and swear, “I do not know the man!” Immediately a rooster crowed. 75Peter remembered what Jesus had said: “Before a rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” He went outside and wept bitterly.