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Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a slave woman came to him and said, "You too were with Jesus the Galilean."

Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.

But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are talking about."

But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.

When he had gone out to the gateway, another slave woman saw him and said to those who were there, "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth."

And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.

And again he denied it, with an oath: "I do not know the man."

And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "You really are one of them as well, since even the way you talk gives you away."

And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.

Then he began to curse and swear, "I do not know the Man!" And immediately a rooster crowed.

Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

And Peter remembered the statement that Jesus had made: "Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." And he went out and wept bitterly.

And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.