Mark 14:53–72

⁵³And they led away Jesus to the high priest. And there come together to him all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. ⁵⁴And Peter followed him at a distance, till he was within the court of the high priest’s palace; and he was sitting with the officers and warming himself in the light of the fire. ⁵⁵And the chief priests and the whole sanhedrim sought testimony against Jesus to cause him to be put to death, and did not find any. ⁵⁶For many bore false witness against him, and their testimony did not agree. ⁵⁷And certain persons rose up and bore false witness against him, saying, ⁵⁸We heard him saying, I will destroy this temple which is made with hands, and in the course of three days I will build another not made with hands. ⁵⁹And neither thus did their testimony agree. ⁶⁰And the high priest, rising up before them all, asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? What do these testify against thee? ⁶¹But he was silent, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and says to him, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? ⁶²And Jesus said, I am, and ye shall see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven. ⁶³And the high priest, having rent his clothes, says, What need have we any more of witnesses? ⁶⁴Ye have heard the blasphemy; what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. ⁶⁵And some began to spit upon him, and cover up his face, and buffet him, and say to him, Prophesy; and the officers struck him with the palms of their hands.

⁶⁶And Peter being below in the palace-court, there comes one of the maids of the high priest, ⁶⁷and seeing Peter warming himself, having looked at him, says, And thou wast with the Nazarene, Jesus. ⁶⁸But he denied, saying, I know not nor understand what thou sayest. And he went out into the vestibule; and a cock crew. ⁶⁹And the maid, seeing him, again began to say to those that stood by, This is one of them. ⁷⁰And he again denied. And again, after a little, those that stood by said to Peter, Truly thou art one of them, for also thou art a Galilean. ⁷¹But he began to curse and to swear, I know not this man of whom ye speak. ⁷²And the second time a cock crew. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus said to him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice; and when he thought thereon he wept.