⁵⁴They arrested Jesus, and led him away, and brought him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed far behind them. ⁵⁵After the soldiers started a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat together, Peter sat with them. ⁵⁶A servant girl saw Peter sitting there in the firelight, and looking closely at him, she said, “This man was also with him.”

⁵⁷But Peter said this was not true; he said, “Woman, I don’t know him.”

⁵⁸A short time later, another person saw Peter and said, “You are also one of them.”

But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”

⁵⁹About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with him, because he is from Galilee, too.”

⁶⁰But Peter said, “Man, I don’t know what you are talking about!”

At once, while Peter was still speaking, a rooster crowed. ⁶¹Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. And Peter remembered what the Lord had said: “Before the rooster crows this day, you will say three times that you don’t know me.” ⁶²Then Peter went outside and cried painfully.

The People Make Fun of Jesus

⁶³The men who were guarding Jesus began making fun of him and beating him.

⁶⁴They blindfolded him and said, “Prove that you are a prophet, and tell us who hit you.” ⁶⁵They said many cruel things to Jesus.

Jesus Before the Leaders

⁶⁶When day came, the council of the elders of the people, both the leading priests and the teachers of the law, came together and led Jesus to their highest court. ⁶⁷They said, “If you are the Christ, tell us.”

Jesus said to them, “If I tell you, you will not believe me. ⁶⁸And if I ask you, you will not answer. ⁶⁹But from now on, the Son of Man will sit at the right hand of the powerful God.”

⁷⁰They all said, “Then are you the Son of God?”

Jesus said to them, “You say that I am.”

⁷¹They said, “Why do we need witnesses now? We ourselves heard him say this.”

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