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Peter had followed Him at a distance, ^(an)right into ^(ao)the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the ^[w]officers and ^(ap)warming himself at the ^[x]fire.

^(bb)As Peter was below in ^(bc)the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest *came,

and seeing Peter ^(bd)warming himself, she looked at him and *said, "You also were with Jesus the ^(be)Nazarene."

But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you are talking about." And he ^(bf)went out onto the ^[ag]porch.^[ah]

The servant-girl saw him, and began once more to say to the bystanders, "This is one of them!"

But again ^(bg)he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, "Surely you are one of them, ^(bh)for you are a Galilean too."

But he began to ^[ai]curse and swear, "I do not know this man you are talking about!"

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, "Before ^(bi)a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times." ^[aj]And he began to weep.