But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."

Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all the disciples said the same thing.

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

Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today -- this very night -- before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."

But Peter insisted emphatically, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all of them said the same thing.

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.

Then he said to them all, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."

He confessed -- he did not deny but confessed -- "I am not the Christ!"

saying, "What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.

If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us.

If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, since he cannot deny himself.

They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

For certain men have secretly slipped in among you -- men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe -- ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.