And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

And when Jesus came into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever.

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters."

He said, "Come." Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.

Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this Rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.

Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord. This will never be done to you."

But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan. You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men."

After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.

Peter answered, and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let us make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, "Does not your teacher pay the didrachma?"

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea.

If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] It is better for you to enter into life crippled or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you.[note: idiom meaning to stop doing a sin] It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the fire of hell.

Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"

Then Peter answered, "Look, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?"

From that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

As they were eating, he said, "Truly I tell you that one of you will betray me."

He answered, "He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me.

The Son of Man goes, even as it is written of him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had not been born."

But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble."

Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you." All of the disciples also said likewise.

He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled.

He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, could you not watch with me for one hour?

But Peter followed him from a distance, to the court of the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the end.

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him, saying, "You were also with Jesus, the Galilean."

After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known."

Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." He went out and wept bitterly.

They took counsel, and bought the potter's field with them, to bury strangers in.

and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."