Matthew 26:63-75

63But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, “I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

64Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

65Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now you have heard the blasphemy!

66What is your verdict?” They answered, “He is guilty and deserves death.”

67Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,

68saying, “Prophesy for us, you Christ! Who hit you?”

69Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”

70But he denied it in front of them all: “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”

71When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.”

72He denied it again with an oath, “I do not know the man!”

73After a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, “You really are one of them too – even your accent gives you away!”

74At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, “I do not know the man!” At that moment a rooster crowed.

75Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.