Mark 14:53–72

Jesus Before the Sanhedrin

⁵³And they led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes came together. ⁵⁴And Peter followed him from a distance, right inside, into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the officers and warming himself by the fire. ⁵⁵Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, and they did not find it.^{* 56}For many gave false testimony against him, and theirⁿ testimony was not consistent. ⁵⁷And some stood up and^* began to give false testimony^o against him, saying, ⁵⁸“We heard him saying, ‘I will destroy this temple made by hands, and within three days I will build another not made by hands.” ⁵⁹And their testimony was not even consistent about this. ⁶⁰And the high priest stood up in the midst of them and^* asked Jesus, saying, “Do you not reply anything? What are these people testifying against you?” ⁶¹But he was silent and did not reply anything. Again the high priest asked him and said to him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?” ⁶²And Jesus said, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power^p and coming with the clouds of heaven.” ⁶³And the high priest tore his clothes and^* said, “What further need do we have of witnesses? ⁶⁴You have heard the blasphemy! What do you think?”^q And they all condemned him as deserving death.^{r 65}And some began to spit on him and to cover his face and to strike him with their fists, and to say to him “Prophesy!” And the officers received him with slaps in the face.^s

Peter Denies Jesus Three Times

⁶⁶And while^* Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the female slaves of the high priest came up. ⁶⁷And when^* she saw Peter warming himself, she looked intently at him and^* said, “You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus.” ⁶⁸But he denied it,^* saying, “I neither know nor understand what you mean!” And he went out into the gateway, and a rooster crowed.^{t 69}And the female slave, when she^* saw him, began to say again to the bystanders, “This man is one of them!” ⁷⁰But he denied it^* again. And after a little while, again the bystanders began to say^u to Peter, “You really are one of them, because you also are a Galilean, and your accent shows it!”^{vw 71}And he began to curse and to swear with an oath, “I do not know this man whom you are talking about!” ⁷²And immediately a rooster crowed for the second time. And Peter remembered the statement, how Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times,” and throwing himself down, he began to weep.^x