Matthew 26:63–75

⁶³But ^aJesus kept silent. ^bAnd the high priest said to Him, “^cI put You under oath by ^dthe living God, that You tell us whether You are the ¹Christ, ^ethe Son of God.”

⁶⁴Jesus ^*said to him, “^aYou yourself said it; nevertheless I tell you, ¹hereafter you will see ^bthe Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and ^ccoming on the clouds of heaven.”

⁶⁵Then the high priest ^atore his garments and said, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Behold, you have now heard the blasphemy;

⁶⁶what do you think?” They answered and said, “^aHe deserves death!”

^67aThen they ^bspat in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others ¹slapped Him,

⁶⁸and said, “^aProphesy to us, O ¹Christ; who is the one who hit You?”

Peter’s Denials

^69aNow Peter was sitting outside in the ^bcourtyard, and a servant-girl came to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.”

⁷⁰But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you are talking about.”

⁷¹And when he had gone out to the gateway, another servant-girl saw him and ^*said to those who were there, “This man was with Jesus of Nazareth.”

⁷²And again he denied it with an oath, “I do not know the man.”

⁷³A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Surely you too are one of them; ^afor even the way you talk ¹gives you away.”

⁷⁴Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.

⁷⁵And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, “^aBefore a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went out and cried bitterly.