Matthew 26:63-75 ▼

63 But Jesus was silent. Then the chief priest said to him, |Swear an oath in front of the living God and tell us, are you the Messiah, the Son of God?|

64 Jesus answered him, |Yes, I am. But I can guarantee that from now on you will see the Son of Man in the highest position in heaven. He will be coming on the clouds of heaven.|

65 Then the chief priest tore his robes in horror and said, |He has dishonored God! Why do we need any more witnesses? You've just heard him dishonor God!

66 What's your verdict?| They answered, |He deserves the death penalty!|

67 Then they spit in his face, hit him with their fists, and some of them slapped him.

68 They said, |You Christ, if you're a prophet, tell us who hit you.|

69 Peter was sitting in the courtyard. A female servant came to him and said, |You, too, were with Jesus the Galilean.|

70 But Peter denied it in front of them all by saying, |I don't know what you're talking about.|

71 As he went to the entrance, another female servant saw him. She told those who were there, |This man was with Jesus from Nazareth.|

72 Again Peter denied it and swore with an oath, |I don't know the man!|

73 After a little while the men standing there approached Peter and said, |It's obvious you're also one of them. Your accent gives you away!|

74 Then Peter began to curse and swear with an oath, |I don't know the man!| Just then a rooster crowed.

75 Peter remembered what Jesus had said: |Before a rooster crows, you will say three times that you don't know me.| Then Peter went outside and cried bitterly.