Mark 14:55-72 ▼

55 And the high priests and all the Sanhedrin were seeking for testimony against Jesus, in order to put Him to death; and they were not finding it.

56 For many were bearing false testimony against Him, and their testimonies were not agreed.

57 And certain ones, standing up, were bearing false testimony against Him, saying,

58 "We heard Him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"

59 And not even so did their testimony agree.

60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, "Dost Thou answer nothing? What do these testify against Thee?"

61 But He was silent, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked Him, and says to Him, "Art Thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"

62 And Jesus said, "I am; and ye shall see the Son of Man sitting on the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."

63 And the high priest, rending his clothes, says, "What further need have we of witnesses?

64 Ye heard the blasphemy: what think ye?" And they all condemned Him to be worthy of death.

65 And some began to spit on Him, and to cover His face, and to buffet Him, and to say to Him, "Prophesy;" and the officers received Him with blows of their hands.

66 And, as Peter was beneath in the court, there comes one of the maids of the high priest;

67 and, seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and says, "You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus."

68 But he denied, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you are saying." And he went out into the porch [and the cock crowed].

69 And the maid, seeing him, began again to say to those standing by, This is one of them."

70 But he again denied. And, after a little while, those who stood by said to Peter, "Of a truth you are one of them; for you are a Galilaean."

71 But he began to curse, and to swear, "I know not This Man of Whom ye speak."

72 And straightway the second time the cock crowed. And Peter remembered the word, how Jesus said to him, "Before the cock crows twice, you will deny Me thrice." And, having thought thereon , he kept weeping.