Mark 14:53-72 ▼

53 And they led Jesus away to the chief priest, and all the chief priests, and the elders, and the scribes come together;

54 and Peter followed Him far off, to the inside of the hall of the chief priest, and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself near the fire.

55 And the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus—to put Him to death, and they were not finding,

56 for many were bearing false testimony against Him, and their testimonies were not alike.

57 And certain having risen up, were bearing false testimony against Him, saying,

58 “We heard Him saying, I will throw down this temple made with hands, and by three days, I will build another made without hands”;

59 and neither so was their testimony alike.

60 And the chief priest, having risen up in the midst, questioned Jesus, saying, “You do not answer anything! Why do these testify against You?”

61 And He was keeping silent and did not answer anything. Again the chief priest was questioning Him and says to Him, “Are You the Christ—the Son of the Blessed?”

62 And Jesus said, “I AM; and you will see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of Heaven.”

63 And the chief priest, having torn his garments, says, “What need have we yet of witnesses?

64 You heard the slander, what appears to you?” And they all condemned Him to be worthy of death,

65 and certain began to spit on Him, and to cover His face, and to punch Him, and to say to Him, “Prophesy”; and the officers were striking Him with their palms.

66 And Peter being in the hall beneath, there comes one of the maids of the chief priest,

67 and having seen Peter warming himself, having looked on him, she said, “And you were with Jesus of Nazareth!”

68 And he denied, saying, “I have not known [Him], neither do I understand what you say”; and he went forth outside to the porch, and a rooster crowed.

69 And the maid having seen him again, began to say to those standing near, “This is of them”;

70 and he was again denying. And after a while again, those standing near said to Peter, “Truly you are of them, for you also are a Galilean, and your speech is alike”;

71 and he began to curse, and to swear, “I have not known this Man of whom you speak”;

72 and a second time a rooster crowed, and Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you may deny Me three times”; and having thought thereon—he was weeping.