Mark 14:53-72

53Then they led Yeshua away to the kohen gadol . And all the ruling kohanim, elders, and Torah scholars gathered.

54Peter had followed Him from a distance, right into the courtyard of the kohen gadol . He was sitting with the guards, warming himself by the fire.

55Now the ruling kohanim and all the Sanhedrin kept trying to get evidence against Yeshua so they could put Him to death, but they weren’t finding any.

56Many were giving false testimony against Him, but their testimony wasn’t consistent.

57Some stood up and began to give false testimony against Him, saying,

58“We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this Temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.’”

59Yet even then, their testimony didn’t agree.

60The kohen gadol stood up in the middle and questioned Yeshua, saying, “Do You have no answer? What is this they’re testifying against You?”

61But keeping silent, Yeshua did not answer. Again the kohen gadol questioned Him, “Are you Mashiach, Son of the Blessed One?”

62“I am,” said Yeshua, “and you shall see ‘the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Powerful One,’ and ‘coming with the clouds of heaven’!”

63Tearing his clothes, the kohen gadol says, “Why do we still need witnesses?

64You’ve heard the blasphemy. What seems right to you?” Then all condemned Him as deserving death.

65Some began to spit on Him, to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, saying, “Prophesy!” Also the guards slapped Him around.

66As Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the kohen gadol comes by.

67Seeing Peter warming himself, she looked straight at him. “You also were with Yeshua of Natzeret,” she says.

68But he denied it, saying, “I don’t know or understand what you’re talking about!” Then he went outside to the gateway, and a rooster crowed.

69Seeing him, the servant girl began again to tell the bystanders, “This is one of them.”

70But again he denied it. And a little while later, the bystanders were again saying to Peter, “Surely you’re one of them, for you’re also a Galilean.”

71But he began to curse himself and to swear an oath: “I do not know this Man you’re talking about!”

72Right then, a rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter called to mind the word Yeshua had said to him: “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and began to weep.