Matthew 26:67-75 ▼

67 Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,

68 saying, |Prophesy for us, you Christ! Who hit you?|

69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said, |You also were with Jesus the Galilean.|

70 But he denied it in front of them all: |I don't know what you're talking about!|

71 When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there, |This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.|

72 He denied it again with an oath, |I do not know the man!|

73 After a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, |You really are one of them too--even your accent gives you away!|

74 At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, |I do not know the man!| At that moment a rooster crowed.

75 Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: |Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.| And he went outside and wept bitterly.