Matthew 26:69-75 - Peter Denies Jesus Three Times
69 Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and one of the maidservants came up to him and said, "You also were with Jesus, the Galilean!"
70 But he denied it before them all; "I do not know what you mean," he said.
71 Soon afterward he went out into the porch, and another maid saw him, and said to those who were there, "This fellow certainly was with Jesus, the Nazarene!"
72 And again he denied it with an oath, saying, "I never knew the man."
73 A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "You also are certainly one of them, for your speech betrays you."
74 Then he began to curse and swear, saying, "I never knew the man." Immediately the cock crew! 75 Then Peter recalled the word that Jesus had spoken, "Before the cock crow, you shall three times deny me"??nd he went out and broke out into bitter weeping.
66 Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, there came one of the maid servants of the high priest, and saw Peter warming himself. 67 She looked at him, and said, "You too were with the Nazarene, Jesus."
68 But he denied it. He said: "I don't know, I don't understand what you are saying." Then he went out into the porch, and the cock crew.
69 Again the maid servant saw him, and began again to tell the bystanders, "He is one of them."
70 A second time he continued to deny it. After a little the by-standers began to say to Peter again, "Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean."
71 But he began with curses an solemn oaths to say, "I do not know the man you are talking about."
72 At that instant for the second time a cock crew. Then Peter recalled the word which Jesus had spoken to him, "Before the cock crows twice you will disown me thrice." And as he thought of it, he began to weep aloud.